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MANGLE
Definition of MANGLE
verb
To change, mutilate, or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging, etc.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English mangelen, manglen, from Anglo-Norman mangler, mahangler, frequentative of either Old French mangonner (“to cut to pieces”) or mahaigner (“to mutilate”), of Germanic origin, for which see mayhem. Alternate etymology derives mangle from Middle English *mankelen, a frequentative form of manken (“to mutilate”), from Old English *mancian, bemancian (“to maim”). More at mank.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,971)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MANGLE · 4 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.
MANGLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MANGLE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGLMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MANGLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found MANGLE?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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