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METEORIC

/ˌmiːtiˈɒɹɪk/8 letters

Definition of METEORIC

adjective

Of, pertaining to, or originating from a meteor.

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Where it comes from

From meteor + -ic.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective4 syllablescompound-ic

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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.

METEORIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 61 boards so far. 159 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 153
Its 61 boards, across 153 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
61
Boards found on
10
First board
150
Latest board
7
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.

Built from these letters

METEORIC
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

METEORIC starts with M and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEEIMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start METEOR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

METEORMETEORSMETEORISMMETEORISTMETEORITEMETEOROIDMETEOROUSMETEORISMSMETEORISTSMETEORITALMETEORITESMETEORITIC

Could you have found METEORIC?

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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.

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