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PHALANGES

/ˈfeɪlænd͡ʒɪz/9 letters

Definition of PHALANGES

noun

plural of phalange

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PHALANGES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 48 boards so far. 310 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 96
Its 48 boards, across 96 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
48
Boards found on
24
First board
95
Latest board
3
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.

Built from these letters

PHALANGES
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PHALANGES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEGHLNPS - 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.

Could you have found PHALANGES?

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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.

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