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MANDIBLE
Definition of MANDIBLE
noun
The jaw or a jawbone, especially the lower jawbone in mammals and fishes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From late Middle English, from Late Latin mandibula (“a jaw”), from mandō (“to chew, masticate”) + -bula (instrument noun suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.2%
of traced words share this origin (10,073)
branch · 33.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MANDIBLE · 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.
MANDIBLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 55 boards so far. 191 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MANDIBLE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABDEILMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MANDIB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found MANDIBLE?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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