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PHARAOHS
Definition of PHARAOHS
noun
plural of pharaoh
noun
The supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the "king" in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PHARAOH · 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.
PHARAOHS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHARAOHS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAHHOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H and A appear more than once.
Words that start PHARAO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHARAOHS?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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