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NANOMETRES
Definition of NANOMETRES
noun
plural of nanometre
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Word DNA
NANOMETRES inherits its ancestry from its root, NANOMETRE.
How it is built
Same root, NANOMETRE · 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.
NANOMETRES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NANOMETRES starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEMNNORST - 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 NANOMETRES?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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