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PHASE
Definition of PHASE
noun
A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from New Latin phasis, borrowed from Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis, “appearance”), from φᾰ(ν)- (phă(n)-, root of φαίνω (phaínō, “to bring to light; to appear”)) + -σῐς (-sĭs). Compare phantasm and see face.
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.
PHASE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 52 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PHASE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEHPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PHASE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found PHASE?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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