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ACROPHONIES
Definition of ACROPHONIES
noun
plural of acrophony
noun
The naming of letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented by the respective letters.
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Word DNA
ACROPHONIES inherits its ancestry from its root, ACROPHONY.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,600)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ACROPHONY · 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.
ACROPHONIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACROPHONIES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEHINOOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start ACROPHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACROPHONIES?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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