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DYSPHONIC
Definition of DYSPHONIC
adjective
Having or relating to dysphonia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
DYSPHONIC carries a second meaning.
Relating to or suffering from dysphonia.
Where it comes from
From dysphonia + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
DYSPHONIC in a sentence
“It's really a dysphonic and off-putting title, nowhere up to the standards of catchiness set by Bonfire of the Vanities and A Man in Full.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DYSPHONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 96 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 17, 6 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DYSPHONIC starts with D and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CDHINOPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DYSPHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found DYSPHONIC?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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