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METABOLISM
Definition of METABOLISM
noun
The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek μεταβολή (metabolḗ, “change”) + -ism, from μεταβάλλω (metabállō, “to change, to alter”) + -η (-ē, action noun suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,555)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, METABOLISM · 5 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
METABOLISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
METABOLISM starts with M and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ABEILMMOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.
Words that start METABO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found METABOLISM?
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