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PHILTER
Definition of PHILTER
noun
A kind of potion, charm, or drug; especially a love potion intended to make the drinker fall in love with the giver.
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Other senses
PHILTER carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A love potion.
noun
A magic potion or charm.
transitive verb
To enchant with or as if with a philter.
noun
A potion supposed to have the power of exciting sexual love; a love-potion.
Where it comes from
From Middle French philtre, from Ancient Greek φίλτρον (phíltron), from φιλέω (philéō, “to love”). Doublet of philtrum.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,104)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PHILTER · 7 relatives in the game
PHILTER in a sentence
“And, perchance still failing, then might I expect the common bravo's steel in my back or the common poisoner's philter in my wine, my meat, or bread.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHILTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 48 boards so far. 108 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHILTER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EHILPRT - 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.
Words that start PHILTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found PHILTER?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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