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METONYMIES
Definition of METONYMIES
noun
plural of metonymy
noun
The use of a single characteristic or part of a concept, object, or phenomenon to identify the whole, or a related thing; also the process of semantic association involved in interpreting or producing this.
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Word DNA
METONYMIES inherits its ancestry from its root, METONYMY.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,251)
How it is built
Same root, METONYMY · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
METONYMIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
METONYMIES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEIMMNOSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and E appear more than once.
Words that start METONY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found METONYMIES?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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