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PHAGEDENIC
Definition of PHAGEDENIC
adjective
Relating to phagedena.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin phagedaenicus, itself borrowed from Koine Greek φαγεδαινικός (phagedainikós), from Ancient Greek φαγέδαινα (phagédaina, “phagedena”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHAGEDENIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 108, 5 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHAGEDENIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEGHINP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PHAGED
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHAGEDENIC?
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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