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MANIOC
Definition of MANIOC
noun
The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which tapioca is prepared; cassava, yuca.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French manioc, through Portuguese mandioca, ultimately from Old Tupi mani'oka. Doublet of manihot.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Portuguese
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
27th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (274)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MANIOC · 2 relatives 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.
MANIOC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 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
MANIOC starts with M and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACIMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 MANIOC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found MANIOC?
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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