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MANDARIN
Definition of MANDARIN
noun
A high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Portuguese mandarim, mandarij, from Malay menteri, manteri, and its source, Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, an agent suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Sanskrit
- Malay
- Portuguese
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (778)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MANDARIN · 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.
MANDARIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MANDARIN starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AADIMNNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and N appear more than once.
Words that start MANDAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MANDARIN?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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