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MANIPULATIVE
Definition of MANIPULATIVE
adjective
Using manipulation purposefully.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From manipulate + -ive.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MANIPULATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 80, 8 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MANIPULATIVE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEIILMNPTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start MANIPULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found MANIPULATIVE?
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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