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NONMETAL
Definition of NONMETAL
noun
An element, such as phosphorus or chlorine, that does not have the chemical or physical properties of a metal.
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Where it comes from
From non- + metal.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, NONMETAL · 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.
NONMETAL 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 30 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
NONMETAL starts with N and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AELMNNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start NONMET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NONMETAL?
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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