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PICOMETER
Definition of PICOMETER
noun
US spelling of picometre.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
PICOMETER carries 2 further meanings.
noun
(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10−12 meters; alternative spelling of picometre.
noun
a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter
Where it comes from
From pico- + meter.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PICOMETER · 1 relative in the game
PICOMETER in a sentence
“I also will be using the writertopia picometer but I have to wait until I'm back home on my regular computer.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PICOMETER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 99 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PICOMETER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEEIMOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears 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 PICOME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found PICOMETER?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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