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MONK
Definition of MONK
noun
A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English monk, from Old English munuc, from Proto-West Germanic *munik, from Late Latin monicus, variant of monachus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,280)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MONK · 6 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.
MONK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 52 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 167, 3 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MONK starts with M and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read KMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MONK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found MONK?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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