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MUTCHING
Definition of MUTCHING
Wiktionary has no entry for MUTCHING itself. This is its base word, MUTCH.
noun
A nightcap (hat worn to bed).
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for MUTCH.
From Middle Dutch mutse, from amutse, from Late Latin almucia (“almuce”). Doublet of almuce.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MUTCHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUTCHING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGHIMNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found MUTCHING?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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