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CACOPHONY
Definition of CACOPHONY
noun
A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French cacophonie, from Ancient Greek κακοφωνία (kakophōnía), from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”), equivalent to caco- + -phony.
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.
CACOPHONY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 154 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CACOPHONY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACCHNOOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and O appear more than once.
Words that start CACOPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CACOPHONY?
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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