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MUCHACHO
Definition of MUCHACHO
noun
An informal term of address, especially to a young man; similar to man, chap, dude, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish muchacho.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (950)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MUCHACHO · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MUCHACHO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUCHACHO starts with M and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ACCHHMOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and H appear more than once.
Words that start MUCHAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MUCHACHO?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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