The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
MONOFIL
Definition of MONOFIL
noun
A monofilament yarn.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Shortening.
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.
MONOFIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 78, 6 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MONOFIL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read FILMNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start MONOFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MONOFIL?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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