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PHENOLIC
Definition of PHENOLIC
adjective
Of, relating to, or derived from a phenol.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From phenol + -ic.
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.
PHENOLIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 61 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHENOLIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEHILNOP - 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 PHENOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHENOLIC?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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