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DULCIMER
Definition of DULCIMER
noun
A stringed instrument, with strings stretched across a sounding board, usually trapezoidal, played by plucking on the strings (traditionally with a quill) or by tapping on them (in the case of the hammer dulcimers).
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Where it comes from
From Old French doulcemelle, probably from Latin dulce melos (“sweet song”), from Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “melody, song”).
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.
DULCIMER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 52 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DULCIMER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CDEILMRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DULCIM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DULCIMER?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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