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MANDALA
Definition of MANDALA
noun
A graphic depiction of the spiritual universe and its myriad realms and deities.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Sanskrit मण्डल (máṇḍala). Doublet of mandal.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MANDALA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MANDALA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAADLMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found MANDALA?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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