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MUKHTAR
Definition of MUKHTAR
noun
A minor official—usually overseeing a village or town—in many Arab countries and in the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, including Turkey, Northern Cyprus, and formerly Albania. Alternative spelling of muhtar: an elected official overseeing a village or neighborhood in modern Turkey.
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Where it comes from
From North Levantine Arabic مختار (“village headman”), from substantive application of Arabic مُخْتَار (muḵtār, “chosen”), the passive participle of اِخْتَارَ (iḵtāra, “to elect, to choose”). Specific application with influence from various local languages including Ottoman Turkish مختار (muhtar, “village headman”) and Bengali মুখতার (mukhtar), Marathi मुख्तार (mukhtār), and Urdu مختار (muktār, “agent; lawyer”). Within Indian English, the application of mukhtar is influenced by a folk etymology derivation from Sanskrit मुक्ति (mukti, “liberation, becoming or setting free”). Doublet of muhtar.
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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.
MUKHTAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 89, 17 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUKHTAR starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AHKMRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found MUKHTAR?
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 66 - and most players walked straight past it.
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