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MANDATORY
Definition of MANDATORY
adjective
obligatory; required or commanded by authority.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Latin mandatorius (“of or belonging to a mandator”), from mandātor (“one who commands”), equivalent to mandate + -ory; see mandate.
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.
MANDATORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MANDATORY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AADMNORTY - 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.
Words that start MANDAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found MANDATORY?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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