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QUADRAPHONY
Definition of QUADRAPHONY
noun
Sound, in a sound system, originating from four speakers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From quadra- + -phony.
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.
QUADRAPHONY in OUTLIER
It has fitted 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 60, 19 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 47 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
QUADRAPHONY starts with Q and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AADHNOPQRUY - 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 QUADRAP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found QUADRAPHONY?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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