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MANTES
Definition of MANTES
noun
plural of mantis
noun
Any of various large insects of the order Mantodea that catch insects or other small animals with their powerful forelegs.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MANT · 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.
MANTES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MANTES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found MANTES?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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