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MANGA
Definition of MANGA
noun
A comic originating in Japan.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Compare Mandarin 漫畫／漫画 (mànhuà), Korean 만화 (漫畵／漫畫, manhwa). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai. Doublet of manhua and manhwa.
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.
MANGA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MANGA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAGMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MANGA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found MANGA?
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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