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EARPHONES
Definition of EARPHONES
noun
A pair of small loudspeakers worn inside each outer ear or covering all or part of the ear, without a connecting band worn over head.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Plural of earphone.
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.
EARPHONES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 35, 24 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 88 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EARPHONES starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEHNOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found EARPHONES?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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