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METALLOID
Definition of METALLOID
noun
An element, such as silicon or germanium, intermediate in properties between that of a metal and a nonmetal; especially an elemental semiconductor.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From metal + -oid.
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.
METALLOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
Built from these letters
METALLOID starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEILLMOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start METALL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found METALLOID?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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