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MULCHING
Definition of MULCHING
adjective
Used for applying a mulch.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mulch + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MULCHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MULCHING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGHILMNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found MULCHING?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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