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SUPERTONIC
Definition of SUPERTONIC
noun
The second note in a diatonic scale.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From super- + tonic.
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.
SUPERTONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUPERTONIC starts with S and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEINOPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SUPERT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found SUPERTONIC?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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