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MANGE
Definition of MANGE
noun
A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English manjewe, manjeue, from Old French manjue, derived from mangier (“to eat”) (modern French manger (“to eat”)), from Latin manducare.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MANGE · 7 relatives 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.
MANGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 96 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MANGE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MANGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found MANGE?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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