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MANGROVE
Definition of MANGROVE
noun
Any of various tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubs or trees chiefly of the Rhizophoraceae family that have aerial roots and grow in clumps in brackish intertidal coastal areas; any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora, especially the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A modification of earlier mangrowe (obsolete) by the influence of grove (“small forest”) through folk etymology. Mangrowe is probably borrowed from Spanish mangle, mangue (whence English mangle) (probably from an Arawak language (such as Taíno), or a Cariban language) + an unknown word ending.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.5%
of traced words share this origin (442)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MANGROVE · 1 relative 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.
MANGROVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MANGROVE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGMNORV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found MANGROVE?
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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