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PHANTASM
Definition of PHANTASM
noun
Something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A learned variant of phantom; from Middle English fantosme, from Old French fantosme, fantasme, from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma). Doublet of phantom.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,608)
branch · 12.6% 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.
PHANTASM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 67 boards so far. 463 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHANTASM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AAHMNPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PHANTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found PHANTASM?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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