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MANTEL
Definition of MANTEL
noun
The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A variant of mantle (“cloak, robe”) now distinguished in sense.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MANTEL · 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.
MANTEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MANTEL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AELMNT - 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 MANTEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found MANTEL?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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