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METAMORPHIC
Definition of METAMORPHIC
adjective
Characterised by or exhibiting a change in form or character.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From metamorphosis + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
METAMORPHIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
METAMORPHIC starts with M and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEHIMMOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.
Words that start METAMOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found METAMORPHIC?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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