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PHAGEDENA
Definition of PHAGEDENA
noun
Spreading, obstinate ulceration.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin phagedaena, from Ancient Greek φᾰγέδαινα (phăgédaina, “cancerous sore, canker”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,094)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PHAGEDENA · 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.
PHAGEDENA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHAGEDENA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AADEEGHNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start PHAGED
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHAGEDENA?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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