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MANOEUVRES
Definition of MANOEUVRES
noun
plural of manoeuvre
MANEUVER · via manoeuvre
noun
The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; a large training field-exercise of fighting units.
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Word DNA
MANOEUVRES inherits its ancestry from its root, MANOEUVRE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
30th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (198)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MANOEUVRE · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German, Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MANOEUVRES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
MANOEUVRES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEMNORSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start MANOEU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found MANOEUVRES?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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