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MANTICORES
Definition of MANTICORES
noun
plural 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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Another sense
MANTICORES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of manticore.
Word DNA
MANTICORES inherits its ancestry from its root, MANTICORE.
Line of descent
- Persian
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (156)
branch · 0.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MANTICORE · 1 relative in the game
MANTICORES in a sentence
“Just then all three creatures transformed into manticores.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MANTICORES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 100 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MANTICORES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEIMNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found MANTICORES?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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