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MUCHELLS
Definition of MUCHELLS
Wiktionary has no entry for MUCHELLS itself. This is its base word, MUCHELL.
determiner
Alternative form of mickle.
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Word DNA
MUCHELLS inherits its ancestry from its root, MICKLE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,866)
How it is built
Same root, MICKLE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic.
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.
MUCHELLS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 153, 20 October 2026.
Built from these letters
MUCHELLS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHLLMSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L 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 MUCHEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MUCHELLS?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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