The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HALFTONE
Definition of HALFTONE
noun
Synonym of semitone, half the interval between two notes on a scale.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From half- + tone.
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.
HALFTONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 94, 22 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 94, 22 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HALFTONE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEFHLNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found HALFTONE?
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 94 - and most players walked straight past it.
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