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MUDDLE
Definition of MUDDLE
verb
To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English modelen (attested in present participle modeland (“wallowing”)), from Middle Dutch moddelen (“to make muddy”), from modde, mod (“mud”) (Modern Dutch modder). By surface analysis, mud + -le. Compare German Kuddelmuddel.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle Dutch
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
26th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (112)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MUDDLE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MUDDLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUDDLE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DDELMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MUDDLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MUDDLE?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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