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MICROTONAL
Definition of MICROTONAL
adjective
Of, relating to, or written using microtones.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From micro- + tonal.
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.
MICROTONAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
MICROTONAL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACILMNOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start MICROT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found MICROTONAL?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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