The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
MUDGES
Definition of MUDGES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of mudge
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MUDGES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUDGES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEGMSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found MUDGES?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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