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PHELONIONS
Definition of PHELONIONS
noun
plural of phelonion
noun
A liturgical vestment worn by a priest of the Eastern Christian tradition, equivalent to the chasuble of the Western tradition.
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Word DNA
PHELONIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, PHELONION.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,376)
branch · 12.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PHELONION · 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.
PHELONIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
Built from these letters
PHELONIONS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHILNNOOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and N appear more than once.
Could you have found PHELONIONS?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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