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ALPHORN
Definition of ALPHORN
noun
A long, curved, wooden horn used by mountain-dwelling herders in the Alps, originally to call cattle but now only as musical instrument in classical and folk tunes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Alemannic German Alphorn, German Alphorn.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALPHORN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALPHORN starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AHLNOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found ALPHORN?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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