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METHANIC
Definition of METHANIC
adjective
Relating to, or producing methane
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From methane + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, METHYL · 13 relatives 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.
METHANIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 158, 25 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
METHANIC starts with M and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEHIMNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start METHAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found METHANIC?
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 158 - and most players walked straight past it.
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