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MANTIC
Definition of MANTIC
adjective
Relating to divination; prophetic.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαντικός (mantikós), from μάντις (mántis, “seer, soothsayer”), from μαίνομαι (maínomai, “I am mad, raving”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,617)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MANTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 66, 25 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MANTIC starts with M and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACIMNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MANTIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MANTIC?
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 66 - and most players walked straight past it.
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