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BIMANOUS
Definition of BIMANOUS
adjective
Having two hands (rather than any other distal part of a forelimb).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin bi (“two”) + manus (“hand”) + -ous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% 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.
BIMANOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BIMANOUS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABIMNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found BIMANOUS?
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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