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MANIPULATOR
Definition of MANIPULATOR
noun
Agent noun of manipulate; one who manipulates.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From manipulate + -or.
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.
MANIPULATOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MANIPULATOR starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AAILMNOPRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MANIPUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found MANIPULATOR?
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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