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GLISSANDO
Definition of GLISSANDO
noun
Either a continuous sliding from one pitch to another ("true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another ("effective" glissando).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian glissando.
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.
GLISSANDO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLISSANDO starts with G and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ADGILNOSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GLISSA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GLISSANDO?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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