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CENTIMETRIC
Definition of CENTIMETRIC
adjective
Measured in centimetres
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From centimetre + -ic; equivalent to centi- + metric.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CENTIMETRIC in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 138 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CENTIMETRIC starts with C and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CCEEIIMNRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C, E, T and I appear more than once.
Words that start CENTIME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found CENTIMETRIC?
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 3 - and most players walked straight past it.
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