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MOOCHING
Definition of MOOCHING
verb
present participle and gerund of mooch
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Word DNA
MOOCHING inherits its ancestry from its root, MOOCH.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,622)
How it is built
Same root, MOOCH · 4 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.
MOOCHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOOCHING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGHIMNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found MOOCHING?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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