The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
TONEARM
Definition of TONEARM
noun
The pivoting bar that holds the pickup of a record player and conducts the resulting signal to the amplifier.
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Where it comes from
From tone + arm.
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.
TONEARM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 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 106, 3 September 2026.
Built from these letters
TONEARM starts with T and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AEMNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TONEAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TONEARM?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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