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MANACLED
Definition of MANACLED
verb
simple past and past participle of manacle
noun
A shackle for the wrist, usually consisting of a pair of joined rings; a handcuff; a similar device put around an ankle to restrict free movement.
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Word DNA
MANACLED inherits its ancestry from its root, MANACLE.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,656)
How it is built
Same root, MANACLE · 2 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MANACLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MANACLED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACDELMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MANACL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
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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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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