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MANGABEY
Definition of MANGABEY
noun
Any of several large, arboreal Old World monkeys in the genera Cercocebus and Lophocebus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
So called by Buffon from Mangaby, in Madagascar, where he erroneously supposed them to be native.
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.
MANGABEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MANGABEY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AABEGMNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MANGAB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found MANGABEY?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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