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MUSTER
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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MUST · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Italian, Spanish.
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 57 boards so far. 115 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
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
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found MUSTER?
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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