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MANUFACTURE
Definition of MANUFACTURE
noun
The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French manufacture, from Old French, from Medieval Latin manūfactūra (“a making by hand”), from manūfactus, a compound of manū factus, manū being ablative of manus (“hand”), and factus past participle of faciō (“to do, make”). Compare manual, facture.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MANUFACTURE · 2 relatives 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.
MANUFACTURE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MANUFACTURE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEFMNRTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and U appear more than once.
Words that start MANUFAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MANUFACTURE?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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