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MANHOODS
Definition of MANHOODS
noun
plural of manhood
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Word DNA
MANHOODS inherits its ancestry from its root, MANHOOD.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (4,790)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MANHOOD · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Dutch, Middle Low German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MANHOODS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 99, 27 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MANHOODS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADHMNOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found MANHOODS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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