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MONUMENTS
Definition of MONUMENTS
noun
plural of monument
MONUMENT
noun
A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
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Word DNA
MONUMENTS inherits its ancestry from its root, MONUMENT.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,054)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MONUMENT · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MONUMENTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MONUMENTS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EMMNNOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and N appear more than once.
Words that start MONUME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MONUMENTS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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