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MYCETOPHAGOUS
Definition of MYCETOPHAGOUS
adjective
That feeds on fungi
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From myceto- + -phagous.
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.
MYCETOPHAGOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 81, 9 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MYCETOPHAGOUS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEGHMOOPSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found MYCETOPHAGOUS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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