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MANIPLES
Definition of MANIPLES
noun
plural of maniple
noun
A division of the Roman army numbering 120 (or sometimes 60) soldiers exclusive of officers; any small body of soldiers.
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Word DNA
MANIPLES inherits its ancestry from its root, MANIPLE.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,506)
How it is built
Same root, MANIPLE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Italian.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MANIPLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MANIPLES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEILMNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 MANIPLES?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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