The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
MUSOPHOBIA
Definition of MUSOPHOBIA
noun
The fear of mice (and rats).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin mūs (“mouse”) or Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “mouse”) + -phobia.
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.
MUSOPHOBIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 121, 18 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUSOPHOBIA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ABHIMOOPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found MUSOPHOBIA?
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 121 - and most players walked straight past it.
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