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TELEPHONY
Definition of TELEPHONY
noun
The act of sound transmission via the electromagnetic spectrum.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From telephone + -y.
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.
TELEPHONY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 66 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TELEPHONY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EEHLNOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TELEPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found TELEPHONY?
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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