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PHLEGMATIC
Definition of PHLEGMATIC
adjective
Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English fleumatik, flewmatik, flematik, fleumatyke, flewmatyk, from Old French fleumatique, from Latin phlegmaticus, from Ancient Greek φλεγματικός (phlegmatikós), from φλέγμα (phlégma), referring to the humour which ancient Hippocratic and later Galenic medicine associated with mildness, coldness, sluggishness, and indifference. Spelling later altered to resemble the word's Latin and Greek roots, with modern pronunciation following this new spelling.
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.
PHLEGMATIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 276 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHLEGMATIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEGHILMPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PHLEGM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
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