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MYCOPHAGIES
Definition of MYCOPHAGIES
Wiktionary has no entry for MYCOPHAGIES itself. This is its base word, MYCOPHAGY.
noun
The eating of fungus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for MYCOPHAGY.
From myco- + -phagy.
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.
MYCOPHAGIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MYCOPHAGIES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEGHIMOPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MYCOPHA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found MYCOPHAGIES?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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