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MELODEON
Definition of MELODEON
noun
A type of reed organ with a single keyboard.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French mélodium, with change of ending.
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.
MELODEON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 78 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MELODEON starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DEELMNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found MELODEON?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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