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MANDATORS
Definition of MANDATORS
noun
plural of mandator
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MANDATOR · 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.
MANDATORS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 81, 9 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MANDATORS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADMNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MANDAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MANDATORS?
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 81 - and most players walked straight past it.
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