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METAPHOR
Definition of METAPHOR
noun
The use of a word, phrase, concept, or set of concepts to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word, etc., that is used.
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Where it comes from
From Middle French métaphore, from Latin metaphora, from Ancient Greek μεταφορά (metaphorá), from μεταφέρω (metaphérō, “to transfer, apply”), from μετά (metá, “with, across, after”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear, carry”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
METAPHOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
METAPHOR starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEHMOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start METAPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found METAPHOR?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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