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MUNTER

/ˈmʌn.tə/6 letters

Definition of MUNTER

noun

An ugly person.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Late 1990s, presumably from munt (“to vomit”) and munted (“inebriated; disgusting”) + -er, perhaps with influence from Turkish mantar (“mushroom”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Turkish
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Turkish

Deepest traced root

31st

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

0.2%

of traced words share this origin (64)

Turkic

branch · 0.2% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound-er

Same root, MUNT · 2 relatives in the game

MUNTMUNTS

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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.

MUNTER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 148
Its 33 boards, across 148 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
33
Boards found on
25
First board
147
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.

Built from these letters

MUNTER
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MUNTER starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EMNRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start MUNTER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found MUNTER?

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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.

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