The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
MANCHESTER
Definition of MANCHESTER
noun
A type of cotton fabric, or a piece of clothing made from such fabric.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
After the city of Manchester (England), once an important centre for the manufacture of cotton textile goods.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
MANCHESTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MANCHESTER starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHMNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start MANCHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found MANCHESTER?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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