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MULSHES

7 letters

Definition of MULSHES

noun

plural of mulsh

MULCH · via mulsh

noun

Any material used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate, or decorate it, or to discourage weeds or retain moisture.

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Word DNA

MULSHES inherits its ancestry from its root, MULCH.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Germanic
  2. Old English
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Germanic

Deepest traced root

6th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

4.7%

of traced words share this origin (3,718)

Germanic

branch · 22.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, MULCH · 7 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Icelandic.

Every Proto-Germanic word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MULSHES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 158
Its one board, across 158 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
153
First board
5
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

brad_rodgers

on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

MULSHES
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MULSHES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHLMSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.

Words that start MULSHE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found MULSHES?

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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.

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