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DODECAPHONIES
Definition of DODECAPHONIES
Wiktionary has no entry for DODECAPHONIES itself. This is its base word, DODECAPHONY.
noun
Twelve-tone music, a form of composition using all twelve tones of the chromatic scale in such a way that they are equal, i.e. having no tonic, no dominant, no major key or minor keys, and no distinction between harmony and dissonance.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for DODECAPHONY.
From dodeca- + -phony.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DODECAPHONY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DODECAPHONIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DODECAPHONIES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDDEEHINOOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D, O and E appear more than once.
Words that start DODECAPHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DODECAPHONIES?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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