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PHILTERS
Definition of PHILTERS
noun
plural 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
PHILTERS 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 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,605)
branch · 12.6% 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.
PHILTERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHILTERS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHILPRST - 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 56
Could you have found PHILTERS?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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