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MONOCLES
Definition of MONOCLES
noun
plural of monocle
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Another sense
MONOCLES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of monocle.
Word DNA
MONOCLES inherits its ancestry from its root, MONOCLE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MONOCLE · 2 relatives in the game
MONOCLES in a sentence
“I took the job because I wanted to be a fashion editor — not a digger of dirt or, fond as I am of ascots and monocles, a junior detective.”
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MONOCLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 122 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MONOCLES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CELMNOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start MONOCL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found MONOCLES?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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