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MONAL
Definition of MONAL
noun
Any of three species of pheasant in the genus Lophophorus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Said to be from Hindi मोनाल (monāl) or Nepali मुनाल (munāl). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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.
MONAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MONAL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ALMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found MONAL?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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