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OPTOMETRIES
Definition of OPTOMETRIES
Wiktionary has no entry for OPTOMETRIES itself. This is its base word, OPTOMETRY.
noun
The art and science of vision and eye care.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for OPTOMETRY.
From opto- + -metry.
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.
OPTOMETRIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OPTOMETRIES starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEIMOOPRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O, T and E appear more than once.
Words that start OPTOMET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OPTOMETRIES?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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