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MANIA
Definition of MANIA
noun
Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin mania, from Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MANIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MANIA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAIMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MANIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found MANIA?
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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