The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
MONIC
Definition of MONIC
adjective
Of a polynomial whose leading coefficient is one.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mono- + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MONIC starts with M and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CIMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found MONIC?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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