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MUTCHKIN
Definition of MUTCHKIN
noun
A unit of fluid capacity approximately equal to three-quarters of an imperial pint (0.43 litres)
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Where it comes from
From Middle Dutch mudseken (“mutchkin”), from mutse (“mutch”), from Classical Latin modius (“peck; Roman dry measure”), from Proto-Indo-European *med-.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,636)
How it is built
Same root, MUTCHKIN · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MUTCHKIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 73, 1 August 2026.
Built from these letters
MUTCHKIN starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CHIKMNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found MUTCHKIN?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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