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MANLIKE
Definition of MANLIKE
adjective
Of or characteristic of grown men, as opposed to women or children; macho, mannish, virile.
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Where it comes from
From man + -like.
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.
MANLIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MANLIKE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIKLMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MANLIK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MANLIKE?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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