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AUDIOMETRY
Definition of AUDIOMETRY
noun
The quantitative assessment of a person's hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From audio- + -metry.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, AUDIOMETRY · 1 relative 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.
AUDIOMETRY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUDIOMETRY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADEIMORTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start AUDIOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found AUDIOMETRY?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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