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PHILACTERIES
Definition of PHILACTERIES
noun
plural of philactery (alternative spelling of phylacteries)
PHYLACTERY · via philactery
noun
Either of two small leather cases containing scrolls with passages from the Torah, traditionally worn by a Jewish man (one on the arm (usually the left) and one on the forehead) and now sometimes by a woman at certain morning prayers as a reminder to obey the law as set out in the Bible; a tefilla.
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Word DNA
PHILACTERIES inherits its ancestry from its root, PHYLACTERY.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,496)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PHYLACTERY · 5 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.
PHILACTERIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 150, 17 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
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
PHILACTERIES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHIILPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once.
Could you have found PHILACTERIES?
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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