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MYRTACEOUS
Definition of MYRTACEOUS
adjective
Characteristic of the myrtle family (Myrtaceae) of plants.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From translingual Myrtaceae + -ous.
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.
MYRTACEOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MYRTACEOUS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEMORSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found MYRTACEOUS?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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