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METANEPHROS
Definition of METANEPHROS
noun
The most posterior of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in many vertebrates.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From meta- + nephros.
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.
METANEPHROS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
METANEPHROS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEHMNOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start METANEP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found METANEPHROS?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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