The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PHARISAIC
Definition of PHARISAIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to the Pharisees.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin Pharisaicus, from Ancient Greek Φαρισαϊκός (Pharisaïkós). By surface analysis, Pharisee + -ic.
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.
PHARISAIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHARISAIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACHIIPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start PHARIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHARISAIC?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER