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CHRONOMETRY
Definition of CHRONOMETRY
noun
Synonym of horology: the study of time, particularly the science, art, and technology of time measurement.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From chrono- + -metry on the model of chronometer, q.v., ultimately from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) and 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.
CHRONOMETRY 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 found by a player on Day 124, 21 September 2026.
Built from these letters
CHRONOMETRY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEHMNOORRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and O appear more than once.
Words that start CHRONOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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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