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NUMERIC
Definition of NUMERIC
adjective
Of or relating to numbers, especially the characters 0 to 9.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French numérique.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NUMERIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
NUMERIC starts with N and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEIMNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 NUMERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found NUMERIC?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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