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MANICURIST
Definition of MANICURIST
noun
A person who performs manicures.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From manicure + -ist.
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.
MANICURIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
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
MANICURIST starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACIIMNRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MANICU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found MANICURIST?
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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