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MANO
Definition of MANO
noun
A stone resembling a rolling pin, used to grind maize or other grain on a metate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish mano (“hand”). Doublet of manus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.5%
of traced words share this origin (438)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MANO · 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.
MANO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 51 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MANO starts with M and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MANO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found MANO?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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