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VIBRAPHONE
Definition of VIBRAPHONE
noun
A percussion instrument with a double row of tuned metal bars, each above a tubular resonator containing a motor-driven rotating vane, giving a vibrato effect.
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Where it comes from
From vibra(to) + -phone.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, VIBRAPHONE · 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.
VIBRAPHONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 77 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VIBRAPHONE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEHINOPRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VIBRAP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found VIBRAPHONE?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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