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MONTICULES
Definition of MONTICULES
noun
plural of monticule
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MONTICULES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
MONTICULES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEILMNOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MONTIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found MONTICULES?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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