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DIPHONE

/ˈdaɪ.fəʊn/7 letters

Definition of DIPHONE

noun

A pair of adjacent phones.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From di- + phone.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompounddi-

Same root, DIPHONE · 1 relative in the game

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.

DIPHONE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 150
Its 13 boards, across 150 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
13
Boards found on
72
First board
150
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

dyllybones

on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DIPHONE
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start DIPHON

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DIPHONE?

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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