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METRICISM

9 letters

Definition of METRICISM

noun

The use of the metric system.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From metric + -ism.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

nouncompound-ism

Same root, METRIC · 11 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

METRICISM in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 157
Its one board, across 157 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
90
First board
67
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 67 days.

First ever to find it

squandrew

on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

METRICISM
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

METRICISM starts with M and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CEIIMMRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and I appear more than once.

Words that start METRIC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found METRICISM?

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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.

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