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Let $w\in\mathbf F_k$ be a non-trivial word and denote by $w(G)\subseteq G$the image of the associated word map $w\colon G^k\to G$. Let $G$ be one of thefinite groups ${\rm S}_n,{\rm GL}_n(q),{\rm Sp}_{2m}(q),{\rmGO}_{2m}^\pm(q),{\rm GO}_{2m+1}(q),{\rm GU}_n(q)$ ($q$ a prime power, $n\geq2$, $m\geq 1$), or the unitary group ${\rm U}_n$ over $\mathbb C$. Let $d_G$ bethe normalized Hamming distance resp. the normalized rank metric on $G$ when$G$ is a symmetric group resp. one of the other classical groups and write$n(G)$ for the permutation resp. Lie rank of $G$. For $\varepsilon>0$, we provethat there exists an integer $N(\varepsilon,w)$ such that $w(G)$ is$\varepsilon$-dense in $G$ with respect to the metric $d_G$ if $n(G)\geqN(\varepsilon,w)$. This confirms metric versions of a conjectures by Shalev andLarsen. Equivalently, we prove that any non-trivial word map is surjective on ametric ultraproduct of groups $G$ from above such that $n(G)\to\infty$ alongthe ultrafilter. As a consequence of our methods, we also obtain an alternativeproof of the result of Hui-Larsen-Shalev that $w_1({\rm SU}_n)w_2({\rmSU}_n)={\rm SU}_n$ for non-trivial words $w_1,w_2\in\mathbf F_k$ and $n$sufficiently large.

Word images in symmetric and classical groups of Lie type are dense