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METALHEAD
Definition of METALHEAD
noun
Someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From metal + -head.
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.
METALHEAD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 60 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
METALHEAD starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADEEHLMT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found METALHEAD?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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