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LAGERPHONE
Definition of LAGERPHONE
noun
A generally homemade percussion instrument consisting of crown cap beer bottle tops loosely nailed to a pole (often a broom handle) and a board mounted cross-ways on the pole (the head of the broom), and played by striking the pole on the ground or with a stick, by drawing the serrated stick across the pole, or by shaking the instrument.
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Where it comes from
From lager + -phone.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LAGERPHONE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LAGERPHONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAGERPHONE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEGHLNOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found LAGERPHONE?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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