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MUTUAL

/ˈmjuːt͡ʃuəl/6 letters

Definition of MUTUAL

adjective

Having the same relationship, each to each other.

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Where it comes from

Borrowed from Middle French mutuel, from Latin mūtuus. Displaced native Old English ġemǣne.

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Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Middle French
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (24,343)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

adjective2 syllables

Same root, MUTUAL · 7 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Old English.

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MUTUAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 160
Its 20 boards, across 160 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
20
Boards found on
31
First board
142
Latest board
22
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.

First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.

Built from these letters

MUTUAL
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

MUTUAL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ALMTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start MUTUAL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

MUTUALSMUTUALLYMUTUALISEMUTUALISMMUTUALISTMUTUALITYMUTUALIZEMUTUALISEDMUTUALISESMUTUALISMSMUTUALISTSMUTUALIZED

Could you have found MUTUAL?

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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.

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