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METIC
Definition of METIC
noun
In Ancient Greek city-states, a resident alien who did not have the rights of a citizen and who paid a tax for the right to live there.
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Where it comes from
From Late Latin metycus (also metoecus), from Ancient Greek μέτοικος (métoikos, “foreigner, metic”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,569)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, METIC · 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.
METIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
METIC starts with M and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEIMT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start METIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found METIC?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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