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MONOLITHIC
Definition of MONOLITHIC
adjective
Of or resembling a monolith.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French monolithique. By surface analysis, monolith + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,418)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
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.
MONOLITHIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 194 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MONOLITHIC starts with M and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CHIILMNOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once.
Words that start MONOLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found MONOLITHIC?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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