The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PHILLUMENY
Definition of PHILLUMENY
noun
The hobby of collecting matchbox labels and other match-related items
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From phil- + Latin lumen (“light”) + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHILLUMENY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHILLUMENY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EHILLMNPUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PHILLU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHILLUMENY?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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