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METAFICTION
Definition of METAFICTION
noun
A form of self-referential literature concerned with the art and devices of fiction itself.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From meta- + fiction, coined in 1970 by William H. Gass
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.
METAFICTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
METAFICTION starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEFIIMNOTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and I appear more than once.
Words that start METAFIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found METAFICTION?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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