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MOOCHERS
Definition of MOOCHERS
noun
plural of moocher
noun
A person having a tendency to take advantage of the help of others, especially if making little effort to help themselves.
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Word DNA
MOOCHERS inherits its ancestry from its root, MOOCH.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,223)
How it is built
Same root, MOOCH · 9 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Arabic, Latin, Middle Dutch.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MOOCHERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 56 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MOOCHERS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHMOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MOOCHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found MOOCHERS?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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