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POLYTONIC
Definition of POLYTONIC
adjective
Having several tones.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From poly- + tonic.
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.
POLYTONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 122, 19 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 122, 19 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POLYTONIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CILNOOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start POLYTO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POLYTONIC?
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 122 - and most players walked straight past it.
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