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QUADRAPHONIC
Definition of QUADRAPHONIC
adjective
Employing four independent channels or speakers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From quadra- + -phonic.
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.
QUADRAPHONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 81, 9 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUADRAPHONIC starts with Q and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACDHINOPQRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start QUADRAPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found QUADRAPHONIC?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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