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TRIPHONE
Definition of TRIPHONE
noun
A triplet of adjacent phones.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tri- + phone.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TRIPHONE · 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.
TRIPHONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRIPHONE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHINOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TRIPHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found TRIPHONE?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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