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ALLOPHONE
Definition of ALLOPHONE
noun
Any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From allo- (“different”) + -phone.
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.
ALLOPHONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 58 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALLOPHONE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEHLLNOOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ALLOPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALLOPHONE?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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