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VIBRAPHONES
Definition of VIBRAPHONES
noun
plural 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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Another sense
VIBRAPHONES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of vibraphone.
Word DNA
VIBRAPHONES inherits its ancestry from its root, VIBRAPHONE.
How it is built
Same root, VIBRAPHONE · 1 relative in the game
VIBRAPHONES in a sentence
“A pulse is set by marimbas, xylophones, vibraphones and pianos that chugs along, in complex variations, for almost an hour, while over it, under it and around it two clarinettists, four singers, a cellist and a violinist introduce another sort of pulse, the rhythm of our breathing.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VIBRAPHONES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 88 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VIBRAPHONES starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEHINOPRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VIBRAPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found VIBRAPHONES?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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