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PORTMANTEAUS
Definition of PORTMANTEAUS
noun
plural of portmanteau
noun
A large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections.
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Word DNA
PORTMANTEAUS inherits its ancestry from its root, PORTMANTEAU.
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (852)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PORTMANTEAU · 3 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.
PORTMANTEAUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 152, 19 October 2026.
Built from these letters
PORTMANTEAUS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEMNOPRSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and A appear more than once.
Words that start PORTMANT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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