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NANOMETER
Definition of NANOMETER
noun
US spelling of nanometre.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From nano- + meter.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, NANOMETER · 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.
NANOMETER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NANOMETER starts with N and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEEMNNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N 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 NANOME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NANOMETER?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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