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MANKINI
Definition of MANKINI
noun
A kind of sling bikini worn by men.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of man + bikini, equivalent to man + -kini.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MANKINI · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MANKINI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MANKINI starts with M and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AIIKMNN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and I appear more than once.
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 MANKIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MANKINI?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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