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MANTUA
Definition of MANTUA
noun
An article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French manteau, perhaps by confusion with Mantua in Italy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MANTUA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
MANTUA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAMNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MANTUA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found MANTUA?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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