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DIMETER

/ˈdɪmɪtəɹ/7 letters

Definition of DIMETER

noun

A line in a poem having two metrical feet.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From di- (“two”) + -meter.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun3 syllablescompound-meterdi-

Same root, DIMETER · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DIMETER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 153
Its 26 boards, across 153 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
26
Boards found on
44
First board
150
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

unladenswallow

on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DIMETER
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DIMETER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEEIMRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start DIMETE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DIMETER?

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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.

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