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PHILANDERS
Definition of PHILANDERS
noun
plural of philander
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Other senses
PHILANDERS carries 2 further meanings.
noun
Plural form of philander.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of philander.
Word DNA
PHILANDERS inherits its ancestry from its root, PHILANDER.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,617)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PHILANDER · 2 relatives in the game
PHILANDERS in a sentence
“Samson philanders with Delila, and discovers that his strength is shorn from him.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHILANDERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 62 boards so far. 207 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHILANDERS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEHILNPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PHILAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found PHILANDERS?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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