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NONMETRIC
Definition of NONMETRIC
adjective
Not metric.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From non- + metric.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NONMETRIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
NONMETRIC starts with N and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEIMNNORT - 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 NONMETRIC?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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