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PHIS
Definition of PHIS
noun
plural of phi
PHI
symbol
ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Philippine languages.
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Another sense
PHIS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of phi.
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 73 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHIS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HIPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PHIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found PHIS?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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