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MUCKLE
Definition of MUCKLE
noun
A great amount.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English mukel, muchel, from the same source as (perhaps a variant of) mickle.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,064)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MUCKLE · 3 relatives 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.
MUCKLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 109 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MUCKLE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEKLMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found MUCKLE?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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