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MONKEY
Definition of MONKEY
noun
A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches.
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Where it comes from
Uncertain:
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.
MONKEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MONKEY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EKMNOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MONKEY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MONKEY?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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