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PHARYNGEAL
Definition of PHARYNGEAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to the pharynx.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Latin pharyngeus + -al, from pharynx (“the pharynx”) + -eus (adjectival suffix).
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.
PHARYNGEAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 110 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHARYNGEAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAEGHLNPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PHARYN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found PHARYNGEAL?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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