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ACCORDION
Definition of ACCORDION
noun
A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds).
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Where it comes from
First attested in 1831. Borrowed from German Akkordeon, from Akkord (“harmony”), from French accord, from Old French acorder, based on Italian accordare (“to tune”). See also accord.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- Old French
- German
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.8%
of traced words share this origin (481)
branch · 15.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ACCORDION · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ACCORDION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACCORDION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACCDINOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ACCORD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACCORDION?
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