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MUSTER

/ˈmʌstə/6 letters

Definition of MUSTER

noun

A gathering. An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things. An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service. The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army. A roundup of livestock for inspection, branding, drenching, shearing etc.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English musteren, borrowed from Anglo-Norman mostrer, Middle French monstrer, moustrer (whence the noun monstre, which gave the English noun), from Latin mōnstrō (“to show”), from moneō (“to admonish”). Cognate with French montrer (“to show”), Italian mostrare (“to show”), Spanish mostrar (“to show”). See also monster.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MUSTER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 76 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 36 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
36
Boards found on
16
First board
102
Latest board
12
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.

Built from these letters

MUSTER
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MUSTER starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EMRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start MUSTER

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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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.

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