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MONIKER
Definition of MONIKER
noun
A personal name or nickname; an informal label, often drawing attention to a particular attribute.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unknown; first attested in 1849. Suggested derivations are: Online Etymological Dictionary's entry cites the Saturday Review (London newspaper) of 1857, which noted, "the word has a certain Coptic or Egyptian twang".
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MONIKER · 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.
MONIKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 77 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MONIKER starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EIKMNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found MONIKER?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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