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MUSHA
Definition of MUSHA
interjection
An expression of surprise.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Irish muise; perhaps originally a minced oath for Muire (“Mary”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Irish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
23rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (342)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MUSHA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 70, 29 July 2026.
Built from these letters
MUSHA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AHMSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found MUSHA?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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