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MUCKIEST
Definition of MUCKIEST
adjective
superlative form of mucky: most mucky
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Word DNA
MUCKIEST inherits its ancestry from its root, MUCK.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- Welsh
- Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Germanic
- Danish
- Icelandic
- Old English
- Old Norse
- Middle English
- English
10 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,700)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MUCK · 10 relatives in the game
MUCKIEST in a sentence
“"I was just wondering which was the muckiest, Mr.St. Vincent or you -- or myself, with whom you have both been cheek by jowl."”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MUCKIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 81 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MUCKIEST starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEIKMSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found MUCKIEST?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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