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MANTICORA
Definition of MANTICORA
noun
Alternative form of manticore.
noun
A beast with the body of a lion (usually red), the tail of a scorpion, and the head/face of a man with a mouth filled with multiple rows of sharp teeth (like a shark), said to be able to shoot spikes from its tail or mane to paralyse prey. It may be horned, winged, or both; its voice is described as a mixture of pipes and trumpets.
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Where it comes from
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin mantichōras, from Ancient Greek μαρτιχόρας (martikhóras).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations 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.
MANTICORA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 47 days.
Built from these letters
MANTICORA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACIMNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MANTIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MANTICORA?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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