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MULLIGAN
Definition of MULLIGAN
noun
Ellipsis of mulligan stew.
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Where it comes from
Attested since the 1930s in the sense “chance to re-take a golf stroke”; probably from the name Mulligan, after a golfer who replayed a stroke. See Wikipedia for more information.
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.
MULLIGAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MULLIGAN starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AGILLMNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MULLIG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MULLIGAN?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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