Meta

4 lettersadjectivemoderate

Updated February 2026

Definition

Referring to itself or to the conventions of its genre; self-referential.

“The movie was very meta, with characters discussing their roles as actors.”

self-referentialrecursive

🟩

Two vowels E and A; good letter distribution.

🔤

Worth 6 points; ends with A for vowel dumps.

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