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MANITOU
Definition of MANITOU
noun
A god or spirit as the object of religious awe or ritual among some American Indians.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Pidgin Delaware Manétto, from Unami manëtu and Munsee manútoow, later influenced by French manitou, from Cree/Montagnais manito꞉w; from Proto-Algonquian *maneto·wa (“supernatural being”).
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.
MANITOU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 58, 17 July 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
MANITOU starts with M and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read AIMNOTU - 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.
Words that start MANITO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found MANITOU?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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