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MONASTIC
Definition of MONASTIC
adjective
Of or relating to monasteries or monks.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French monastique, from Late Latin monasticus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,633)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MONASTIC · 1 relative 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.
MONASTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 59 boards so far. 148 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MONASTIC starts with M and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACIMNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MONAST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found MONASTIC?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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