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MANIFOLD
Definition of MANIFOLD
adjective
Various in kind, quality, or manifestation; diverse.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English manifold, from Old English maniġfeald (“manifold, various, varied, complicated, numerous, abundant, plural”), from Proto-Germanic *managafalþaz, equivalent to many + -fold. Cognate with Middle High German manecvalt (“manifold”), Icelandic margfaldr (“multiple”). Compare also German mannigfaltig (“various”), Dutch menigvoudig (“various”), Danish mangefold (“multiple”), Swedish mångfald (“diversity”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,724)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MANIFOLD · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MANIFOLD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 82 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MANIFOLD starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADFILMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MANIFO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found MANIFOLD?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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