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AUDIO

/ˈɔːdi.əʊ/5 letters

Definition of AUDIO

adjective

Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Clipping of audio-. Cognates include Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “manifestly, evidently”) and Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “perceive, notice”) whence English aesthetic.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective3 syllablesaudio-

Same root, AUDIO · 1 relative in the game

Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Sanskrit.

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

AUDIO in OUTLIER

It has fitted 1 board so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 159
Its one board, across 159 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards it fitted
111
First board
48
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 48 days.

First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.

Built from these letters

AUDIO
5
Letters
4
Vowels
1
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

AUDIO starts with A and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ADIOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start AUDIO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found AUDIO?

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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.

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