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MICROPHONE
Definition of MICROPHONE
noun
A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or transmitted over radio.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From micro- + -phone.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MICROPHONE · 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.
MICROPHONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MICROPHONE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEHIMNOOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O 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.
Words that start MICROP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found MICROPHONE?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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