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MONKERY
Definition of MONKERY
noun
The practices of monks; the way of life, behavior, etc. characteristic of monks; monastic life.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From monk + -ery.
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.
MONKERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MONKERY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EKMNORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found MONKERY?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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