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MUSKROOT
Definition of MUSKROOT
noun
A tall umbelliferous plant (Ferula moschata, syn. Ferula sumbul)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From musk + root.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MUSKROOT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUSKROOT starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read KMOORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MUSKRO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MUSKROOT?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 107 - and most players walked straight past it.
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