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LAGERPHONES
Definition of LAGERPHONES
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
LAGERPHONES inherits its ancestry from its root, LAGERPHONE.
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.
LAGERPHONES in OUTLIER
It has fitted 26 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 56, 15 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 85 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAGERPHONES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEGHLNOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found LAGERPHONES?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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