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PHILTERED
Definition of PHILTERED
verb
simple past and past participle 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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Word DNA
PHILTERED inherits its ancestry from its root, PHILTER.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,854)
branch · 12.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PHILTER · 3 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.
PHILTERED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 89, 17 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 94, 22 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
PHILTERED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEHILPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PHILTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHILTERED?
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 89 - and most players walked straight past it.
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