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PHEON
Definition of PHEON
noun
A bearing representing the head of a dart or javelin, with long barbs which are engrailed on the inner edge.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Probably Old French.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,286)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PHEON · 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.
PHEON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHEON starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EHNOP - 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.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found PHEON?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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