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PHASING
Definition of PHASING
verb
present participle and gerund of phase
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PHAS · 2 relatives 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.
PHASING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 74 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHASING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGHINPS - 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 PHASIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found PHASING?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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