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MANGOSTEEN
Definition of MANGOSTEEN
noun
A tropical fruit of the tree genus Garcinia. A tropical fruit of the tree Garcinia mangostana.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Dutch mangosteen (“mangosteen”), from Malay manggustan ~ manggista ~ manggistan fusing manggis hutan “jungle manggis” applied to Garcinia hombroniana or G. malaccensis; manggis is a generic word applied to other related garcinias like above and Garcinia penangiana (manggis burung). Not related to mango, though this may have influenced the spelling and pronunciation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
28th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (100)
branch · 0.5% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MANGOSTEEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MANGOSTEEN starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEEGMNNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MANGOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MANGOSTEEN?
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