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MUSHING
Definition of MUSHING
verb
present participle and gerund of mush
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Word DNA
MUSHING inherits its ancestry from its root, MUSH.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (4,790)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MUSH · 10 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Old English, Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo-European, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MUSHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 52 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUSHING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GHIMNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MUSHIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found MUSHING?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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