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PHANEROGAM
Definition of PHANEROGAM
noun
Any plant that produces seeds (rather than spores).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek φανερός (phanerós, “visible”) + γαμέω (gaméō, “to marry”); compare cryptogam.
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.
PHANEROGAM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 52, 11 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 68 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHANEROGAM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AAEGHMNOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PHANER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found PHANEROGAM?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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