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MURKY
Definition of MURKY
adjective
Hard to see through, as a fog or mist.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English mirky. Related to Old Norse myrkr, Russian мрак (mrak) and its Slavic cognates. By surface analysis, murk + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,223)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Old Norse, Russian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MURKY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 156 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MURKY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read KMRUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found MURKY?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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