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MULISH
Definition of MULISH
adjective
Characteristic of a mule; stubborn, obstinate, or intractable.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mule + -ish.
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.
MULISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 99 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MULISH starts with M and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read HILMSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MULISH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found MULISH?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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