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SOUNDALIKE
Definition of SOUNDALIKE
noun
A sound that audibly resembles another.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sound + alike, perhaps modelled on lookalike.
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.
SOUNDALIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SOUNDALIKE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEIKLNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SOUNDA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found SOUNDALIKE?
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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