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METROLOGY
Definition of METROLOGY
noun
The science of weights and measures or of measurement.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”) + English -logy.
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.
METROLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 44, 3 July 2026.
Built from these letters
METROLOGY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EGLMOORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start METROL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found METROLOGY?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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