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TECHNO
Definition of TECHNO
noun
A repetitive style of music originally produced for use in a continuous DJ set. The central rhythmic component is most often in common time (4/4), where time is marked with a bass drum on each quarter note pulse, a backbeat played by snare or clap on the second and fourth pulses of the bar, and an open hi-hat sounding every second eighth note.
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Where it comes from
Clipping of technology.
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.
TECHNO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TECHNO starts with T and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read CEHNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TECHNO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found TECHNO?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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