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MANIKIN
Definition of MANIKIN
noun
A little man (sometimes as a term of endearment).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Dutch manneken, Middle Dutch mannekijn. By surface analysis, man + -ikin. Doublet of manakin and mannequin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle Dutch
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (490)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MANIKIN · 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.
MANIKIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MANIKIN starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AIIKMNN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and I appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found MANIKIN?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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