The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
MVULE
Definition of MVULE
noun
Iroko (Milicia excelsa), a tropical African tree yielding valuable wood.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Swahili mvule.
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.
MVULE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
MVULE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ELMUV - 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.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found MVULE?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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