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TONE
Definition of TONE
noun
A specific pitch.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English ton, tone, from Latin tonus (“sound, tone”) (possibly through Old French ton), from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “strain, tension, pitch”), from τείνω (teínō, “to stretch”). Doublet of tune, ton, tonos, and tonus.
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.
TONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 1, 22 May 2026.
Built from these letters
TONE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ENOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 TONE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found TONE?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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