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MONKISHLY
Definition of MONKISHLY
adverb
In a monkish way.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From monkish + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MONK · 6 relatives in the game
MONKISHLY in a sentence
“The poetic use of words in unusual, appealing ways: an intellectual, lives monkishly, coddling a loss — a deceased or divorced wife, dead children, a missing brother.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MONKISHLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 119 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MONKISHLY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read HIKLMNOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MONKIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found MONKISHLY?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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