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PHIALS
Definition of PHIALS
noun
plural 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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Other senses
PHIALS carries 2 further meanings.
noun
Plural form of phial.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of phial.
Word DNA
PHIALS inherits its ancestry from its root, PHIAL.
How it is built
Same root, PHIAL · 2 relatives in the game
PHIALS in a sentence
“Moreover, they brought him the water of the sick in phials,13 and he would test it and say, “He, whose water this is, is suffering from such and such a disease,” and the patient would declare,”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHIALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 66 boards so far. 294 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PHIALS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AHILPS - 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 7
Could you have found PHIALS?
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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