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DIASCOPE

/ˈdaɪəskəʊp/8 letters

Definition of DIASCOPE

noun

A projector used for projecting transparencies.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From dia- + -scope.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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.

DIASCOPE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 4 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
72
First board
120
Latest board
22
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

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on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DIASCOPE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DIASCOPE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start DIASCO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DIASCOPESDIASCORDIUM

Could you have found DIASCOPE?

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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.

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