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MUSTERING
Definition of MUSTERING
verb
present participle and gerund 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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Word DNA
MUSTERING inherits its ancestry from its root, MUSTER.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MUSTER · 3 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.
MUSTERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 70 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUSTERING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGIMNRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MUSTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found MUSTERING?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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