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MONSTER
Definition of MONSTER
noun
A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or fictional kind.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English monstre, from Old French monstre, mostre, moustre, from Latin mōnstrum. Displaced native Old English fīfel and Old English þyrs.
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.
MONSTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 70 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MONSTER starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EMNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MONSTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found MONSTER?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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