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MONSIGNOR
Definition of MONSIGNOR
noun
An ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Italian monsignore, from signore under influence from Middle French monseigneur. Doublet of monseigneur and monsieur.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle French
- Italian
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (856)
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.
MONSIGNOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 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
MONSIGNOR starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read GIMNNOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and N appear more than once.
Words that start MONSIG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MONSIGNOR?
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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