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TELESCOPY
Definition of TELESCOPY
noun
The manufacture and use of telescopes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tele- + -scopy.
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.
TELESCOPY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 55, 14 July 2026.
Built from these letters
TELESCOPY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEELOPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start TELESC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found TELESCOPY?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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