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COUNTERMELODY
Definition of COUNTERMELODY
noun
a secondary or supplemental melody played simultaneously with the primary melody.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From counter- + melody.
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.
COUNTERMELODY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 75, 3 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COUNTERMELODY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CDEELMNOORTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once.
Words that start COUNTERME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COUNTERMELODY?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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