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GRAMOPHONE
Definition of GRAMOPHONE
noun
A record player.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the trademark Gramophone, coined by German-American inventor Emile Berliner in 1887 after the invention of the first phonograph, from Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma, “letter”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).
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.
GRAMOPHONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GRAMOPHONE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGHMNOOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start GRAMOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found GRAMOPHONE?
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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