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MICROTONE
Definition of MICROTONE
noun
Any interval smaller than a semitone
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From micro- + tone.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MICROTONE · 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.
MICROTONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 41 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
MICROTONE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEIMNOORT - 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.
Could you have found MICROTONE?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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