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MANCHETS
Definition of MANCHETS
noun
plural of manchet
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Word DNA
MANCHETS inherits its ancestry from its root, MANCHET.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,231)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MANCHET · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MANCHETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 135, 2 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MANCHETS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEHMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MANCHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found MANCHETS?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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