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MEGILPHS
Definition of MEGILPHS
noun
plural of megilph
MEGILP · via megilph
noun
A mixture of linseed oil with turpentine or mastic varnish, used as a thickener for oil paints but later discredited as a source of cracking and yellowing.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MEGILPHS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 80, 8 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 70 days.
First found by a player on Day 49, 8 July 2026.
Built from these letters
MEGILPHS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGHILMPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MEGILP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found MEGILPHS?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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