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METHO
Definition of METHO
noun
Methylated spirits.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From methylated spirits + -o (“diminutive suffix”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
METHO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 92 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
METHO starts with M and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read EHMOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start METHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found METHO?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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