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METATARSI
Definition of METATARSI
noun
plural of metatarsus
METATARSUS
noun
The part of the foot between the toes and the ankle, especially its five bones.
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Word DNA
METATARSI inherits its ancestry from its root, METATARSUS.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,861)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, METATARSUS · 1 relative 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.
METATARSI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
METATARSI starts with M and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AAEIMRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and A appear more than once.
Words that start METATA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found METATARSI?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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