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MUNGO
Definition of MUNGO
noun
A material of short fiber and inferior quality obtained by deviling woollen rags or the remnants of woollen goods, specifically those of felted, milled, or hard-spun woollen cloth, as distinguished from shoddy, or the deviled product of loose-textured woollen goods or worsted.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MUNGO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MUNGO starts with M and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read GMNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MUNGO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found MUNGO?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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