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PHONETICIAN
Definition of PHONETICIAN
noun
A person who specializes in the physiology, acoustics, and perception of speech.
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Where it comes from
From phonetics + -ician.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHONETICIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHONETICIAN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEHIINNOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and I appear more than once.
Words that start PHONETI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHONETICIAN?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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