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MANDRAKES
Definition of MANDRAKES
noun
plural of mandrake
noun
Any plant of the genus Mandragora, certain of which are said to have medicinal or aphrodisiac properties; the root of these plants often resembles the shape of a small person, hence occasioning various mythic, magical, or occult uses.
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Word DNA
MANDRAKES inherits its ancestry from its root, MANDRAKE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,702)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MANDRAKE · 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.
MANDRAKES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 69 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MANDRAKES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADEKMNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MANDRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found MANDRAKES?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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