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ISOMETRY
Definition of ISOMETRY
noun
A function between metric spaces (or on a single metric space) having the property that the distance between two images is equal to the distance between their preimages.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin isometria, from Ancient Greek ἰσομετρία (isometría), from ἰσο- (iso-) + -μετρία (-metría), from ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) and μέτρον (métron, “measurement”) + -ια (-ia, “-y”). Equivalent to iso- + -metry.
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.
ISOMETRY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ISOMETRY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EIMORSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ISOMET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found ISOMETRY?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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