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MONSTERA

/mɒnsˈtɛɹə/8 letters

Definition of MONSTERA

noun

Any of the plants of the genus Monstera, known for their holey leaves.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From translingual Monstera.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MONSTERA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 19 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
19
Boards found on
33
First board
99
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.

Built from these letters

MONSTERA
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MONSTERA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEMNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

ONSTREAMSTOREMANTONEARMS

Words that start MONSTE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

MONSTERMONSTERSMONSTERASMONSTEREDMONSTERINGMONSTERINGS

Could you have found MONSTERA?

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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.

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