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PHALANGE
Definition of PHALANGE
noun
Synonym of phalanx (“group of soldiers, people etc.”).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
PHALANGE carries 4 further meanings.
noun
Same as phalangiid.
noun
In anatomy and zoology, a phalanx of a digit.
noun
In entomology, any one of the joints of an insect's tarsus: generally used collectively of all the joints, exclusive or not of the metatarsus: as, the anterior phalanges.
noun
In botany, a bundle of stamens joined more or less by their filaments: as, the phalanges of stamens in a diadelphous or polyadelphous flower.
Where it comes from
From Middle English phalange, from Middle French phalange, from Old French phalange, from Latin phalanx (accusative phalangem), from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx). Doublet of phalanx, planch, plancha, planche, and plank.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,660)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PHALANGE · 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.
PHALANGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 218 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PHALANGE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEGHLNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PHALAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found PHALANGE?
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