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PHACOID
Definition of PHACOID
adjective
Resembling a lentil or lens; lenticular.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek φακός (phakós, “lentil”) + -oid.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,601)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
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.
PHACOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First found by a player on Day 105, 2 September 2026.
Built from these letters
PHACOID starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDHIOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found PHACOID?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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