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PHAROS
Definition of PHAROS
noun
An ancient lighthouse or beacon to guide sailors.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,094)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PHARO · 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.
PHAROS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 103 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PHAROS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AHOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 PHAROS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found PHAROS?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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