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PHALANGITES
Definition of PHALANGITES
noun
plural of phalangite
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Word DNA
PHALANGITES inherits its ancestry from its root, PHALANGITE.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,375)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PHALANGITE · 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.
PHALANGITES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 152, 19 October 2026.
Built from these letters
PHALANGITES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEGHILNPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PHALANG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHALANGITES?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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