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MONOCHROME
Definition of MONOCHROME
noun
A black and white image, especially such a photograph.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek μονόχρωμος (monókhrōmos), from μόνος (mónos, “one”) + χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”); mono- + -chrome.
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.
MONOCHROME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 100 days.
First found by a player on Day 2, 23 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MONOCHROME starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEHMMNOOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and O appear more than once.
Words that start MONOCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found MONOCHROME?
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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