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METAGENIC

9 letters

Definition of METAGENIC

adjective

metagenetic

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Where it comes from

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Word DNA

How it is built

adjective

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.

METAGENIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 11 boards so far.

Day 1Day 148
Its 11 boards, across 148 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
11
Boards found on
28
First board
147
Latest board
39
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

lisajoy

on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

METAGENIC
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

METAGENIC starts with M and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEEGIMNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start METAGE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

METAGEMETAGESMETAGENESESMETAGENESISMETAGENETIC

Could you have found METAGENIC?

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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.

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