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PHILIBEG

/ˈfɪlɪbɛɡ/8 letters

Definition of PHILIBEG

noun

A little kilt.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Scottish Gaelic fèileadh beag, from fèileadh (“wrap, fold”) + beag (“little”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PHILIBEG in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 111
Its 3 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
76
First board
86
Latest board
8
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 86, 14 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.

First ever to find it

travelgirl

on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PHILIBEG
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PHILIBEG starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BEGHIILP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start PHILIB

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found PHILIBEG?

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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.

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