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PHALANSTERY
Definition of PHALANSTERY
noun
An association or community organized on the plan of Charles Fourier, with living space divided hierarchically and higher pay for those carrying out unpopular tasks.
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Where it comes from
From French phalanstère.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,125)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHALANSTERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PHALANSTERY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AAEHLNPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PHALANS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found PHALANSTERY?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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