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MANICULE
Definition of MANICULE
noun
A symbol resembling a hand with the index finger extended, used to draw attention to or indicate something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin manicula (“little hand”). Doublet of manacle and manicle.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MANICULE · 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.
MANICULE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 142, 9 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MANICULE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEILMNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MANICU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MANICULE?
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 142 - and most players walked straight past it.
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