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CHRONOMETER
Definition of CHRONOMETER
noun
A device for measuring time, particularly a precision mechanism for measuring time of day.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From chrono- + -meter, possibly after the model of earlier French chronomètre (“metronome”), ultimately from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + μέτρον (métron, “meter, measuring device”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHRONOMETER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHRONOMETER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEEHMNOORRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R, O and E appear more than once.
Words that start CHRONOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHRONOMETER?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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