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MAINPERNOR
Definition of MAINPERNOR
noun
In England in the Middle Ages, a surety (kind of guarantor) a guarantor that a ship would dock under the old writ of mainprise, a guarantor for a prisoner's appearance in court.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English meynpernour, from Anglo-Norman mainprenour, from mainprendre + -our. See modern French main, preneur.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Anglo-Norman
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
26th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (294)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MAINPERNOR · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MAINPERNOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAINPERNOR starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEIMNNOPRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and R appear more than once.
Could you have found MAINPERNOR?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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