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MUSTIEST
Definition of MUSTIEST
adjective
superlative form of musty: most musty
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Word DNA
MUSTIEST inherits its ancestry from its root, MUSTY.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,004)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MUSTY · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Latin, Middle French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MUSTIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 72 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUSTIEST starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EIMSSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and T appear more than once.
Could you have found MUSTIEST?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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