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METALS
Definition of METALS
noun
plural of metal
noun
Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from. Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity. Any material with similar physical properties as those chemical elements, especially as a combination of several of them, such as an alloy. An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen and helium. Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road. The ore from which a metal is derived. A mine from which ores are taken.
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Word DNA
METALS inherits its ancestry from its root, METAL.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,702)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, METAL · 4 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.
METALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
METALS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AELMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start METALS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found METALS?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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