The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
POLYMETER
Definition of POLYMETER
noun
Any of several measuring devices.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From poly- + meter.
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.
POLYMETER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 136, 3 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 136, 3 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POLYMETER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EELMOPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start POLYME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POLYMETER?
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 136 - and most players walked straight past it.
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