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MICROCOSM
Definition of MICROCOSM
noun
Human nature or the human body as representative of the wider universe; man considered as a miniature counterpart of divine or universal nature.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French microcosme, from Latin microcosmus, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + κόσμος (kósmos, “universe, order”), equivalent to micro- + -cosm.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,375)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MICROCOSM · 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.
MICROCOSM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MICROCOSM starts with M and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CCIMMOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M, C and O appear more than once.
Words that start MICROC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MICROCOSM?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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