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MONSEIGNEUR
Definition of MONSEIGNEUR
noun
An honorific form of address for an eminent person in France, especially under the Ancien Régime.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French monseigneur. Doublet of monsieur and monsignor.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (914)
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.
MONSEIGNEUR 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 32 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
MONSEIGNEUR starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEGIMNNORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and E appear more than once.
Could you have found MONSEIGNEUR?
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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