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MICROMETER
Definition of MICROMETER
noun
A device used to measure distance very precisely but within a limited range, especially depth, thickness, and diameter.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French micromètre, equivalent to micro- + -meter.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,487)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MICROMETER · 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.
MICROMETER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 172, 8 November 2026.
Built from these letters
MICROMETER starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEEIMMORRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M, R and E appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MICROM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MICROMETER?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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