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VOCODE
Definition of VOCODE
verb
To analyse or synthesize (speech) by means of a vocoder.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from vocoder.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, VOCODE · 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.
VOCODE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 147, 14 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 147, 14 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VOCODE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEOOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start VOCODE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VOCODE?
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 147 - and most players walked straight past it.
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