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MANNED

/mænd/6 letters

Definition of MANNED

adjective

Operated by, performed by, or transporting a person; crewed; piloted; staffed.

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Word DNA

MANNED inherits its ancestry from its root, MAN.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Proto-Germanic
  3. Old English
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.2%

of traced words share this origin (11,843)

How it is built

adjective1 syllable

Same root, MAN · 10 relatives in the game

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MANNED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 169
Its one board, across 169 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
145
First board
24
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.

First ever to find it

wickedsmartPATRON

on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

MANNED
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MANNED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEMNN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once, including a double letter.

Could you have found MANNED?

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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.

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