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STEREOPHONIC

/ˌstɛɹi.əˈfɒnɪk/12 letters

Definition of STEREOPHONIC

adjective

Of or pertaining to sound reproduction using two or sometimes more channels played at different locations to simulate the separation of sources along at least one spatial dimension.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From stereo- + -phonic, by analogy with stereoscopic.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective5 syllablescompound-phonicstereo-

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Rarity score
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Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

STEREOPHONIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 83 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 148
Its 31 boards, across 148 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
31
Boards found on
25
First board
147
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

jamesjoyce

on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

STEREOPHONIC
12
Letters
5
Vowels
7
Consonants
10
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

STEREOPHONIC starts with S and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEEHINOOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.

Words that start STEREOPH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

STEREOPHONYSTEREOPHONIES

Could you have found STEREOPHONIC?

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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.

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