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MUDDLED
Definition of MUDDLED
adjective
Confused, disorganised, in disarray.
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Word DNA
MUDDLED inherits its ancestry from its root, MUDDLE.
Line of descent
- Middle Dutch
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (463)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MUDDLE · 7 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.
MUDDLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 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
MUDDLED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDDELMU - 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 MUDDLED?
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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