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MONOESTER
Definition of MONOESTER
noun
An ester of a polyhydric alcohol or a polycarboxylic acid containing only a single ester group.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mono- + ester.
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.
MONOESTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MONOESTER starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEMNOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MONOES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MONOESTER?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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