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MANDUCATE
Definition of MANDUCATE
verb
To chew (something); to masticate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin mandūcātus, perfect passive participle of to chew, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French manger.
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.
MANDUCATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MANDUCATE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACDEMNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MANDUC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found MANDUCATE?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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