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METATE
Definition of METATE
noun
A flat stone with a slightly concave surface, used with another stone (a mano) for grinding maize or other grains.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish metate, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *mətla-tl.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (965)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, METATE · 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.
METATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 48 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
METATE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEMTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once.
Could you have found METATE?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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