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PHIALED
Definition of PHIALED
verb
simple past and past participle of phial
noun
A bottle or other vessel for containing a liquid; originally any such vessel, especially one for holding a beverage; now , a small, narrow glass bottle with a cap used to hold liquid chemicals, medicines, etc.
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Word DNA
PHIALED inherits its ancestry from its root, PHIAL.
How it is built
Same root, PHIAL · 3 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.
PHIALED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 150, 17 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 150, 17 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHIALED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEHILP - 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.
Could you have found PHIALED?
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 150 - and most players walked straight past it.
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