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MZUNGU
Definition of MZUNGU
noun
A white person.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Swahili mzungu, from Common Bantu *mʊ̀díʊ́ngʊ̀.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Swahili
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
49th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (15)
branch · 0.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MZUNGU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 100 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MZUNGU starts with M and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read GMNUUZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start MZUNGU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found MZUNGU?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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