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SEMITONIC
Definition of SEMITONIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to a semitone.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From semitone + -ic.
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.
SEMITONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SEMITONIC starts with S and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEIIMNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SEMITO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found SEMITONIC?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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