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PHACOLITES
Definition of PHACOLITES
noun
plural of phacolite
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHACOLITES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 63 days.
First found by a player on Day 46, 5 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PHACOLITES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEHILOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PHACOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found PHACOLITES?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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