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METONYM
Definition of METONYM
noun
A word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object; a word used in metonymy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from metonymy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, METONYM · 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.
METONYM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
METONYM starts with M and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EMMNOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.
Words that start METONY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found METONYM?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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