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SOUNDBOX
Definition of SOUNDBOX
noun
Alternative form of sound box.
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Word DNA
SOUNDBOX inherits its ancestry from its root, SOUND.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,679)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SOUND · 11 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SOUNDBOX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 133, 30 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 133, 30 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOUNDBOX starts with S and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read BDNOOSUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SOUNDB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SOUNDBOX?
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 133 - and most players walked straight past it.
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