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MONOCLINE
Definition of MONOCLINE
noun
A unidirectional dip in strata that is not a part of an anticline or syncline
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Where it comes from
From mono- + -cline.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MONOCLINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MONOCLINE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEILMNNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and N appear more than once.
Words that start MONOCL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MONOCLINE?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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