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MANIPULATORY
Definition of MANIPULATORY
adjective
Of or pertaining to manipulation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From manipulate + -ory.
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.
MANIPULATORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 93, 21 August 2026.
Built from these letters
MANIPULATORY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AAILMNOPRTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MANIPULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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