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MUNGES
Definition of MUNGES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of munge
verb
To transform data in an undefined or unexplained manner, as for example when data wrangling requires nonsystemic or nonsystematic edits.
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Word DNA
MUNGES inherits its ancestry from its root, MUNG.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (254)
branch · 1.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MUNG · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MUNGES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 58, 17 July 2026.
Built from these letters
MUNGES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGMNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found MUNGES?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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