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MANTEAU
Definition of MANTEAU
noun
A cloak or gown, especially of a kind popular with women in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French manteau (“mantle”). In the Iranian context, borrowed from Persian مانتو (mânto), originating in the Qajar period. Doublet of mantle and mantel.
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.
MANTEAU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MANTEAU starts with M and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read AAEMNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found MANTEAU?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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