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MANIOCS
Definition of MANIOCS
noun
plural of manioc
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Word DNA
MANIOCS inherits its ancestry from its root, MANIOC.
Line of descent
- Portuguese
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
25th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (111)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MANIOC · 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.
MANIOCS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MANIOCS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACIMNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 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 38
Could you have found MANIOCS?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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