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FALSETTO
Definition of FALSETTO
noun
The "false" (singing) voice in any human, usually airy and lacking a purity of vowels; created by using the next highest vocal folds above those used for speech and normal range singing. It is commonly confused with the head voice register.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian falsetto, from falso (“false”).
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.
FALSETTO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FALSETTO starts with F and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AEFLOSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FALSET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FALSETTO?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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