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TELEGRAPHY
Definition of TELEGRAPHY
noun
Any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a code, especially by means of electrified wires or radio waves using Morse code.
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Where it comes from
From telegraph + -y (suffix forming abstract nouns), q.v., equivalent to tele- (“far, distant, telegraph”) + -graphy (“writings on a subject, area of study, etc.”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TELEGRAPHY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TELEGRAPHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TELEGRAPHY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEEGHLPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start TELEGR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found TELEGRAPHY?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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