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VISCOMETRY
Definition of VISCOMETRY
noun
measurement of the viscosity of liquids
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From visco- + -metry.
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.
VISCOMETRY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VISCOMETRY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEIMORSTVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VISCOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VISCOMETRY?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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