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PHLEGMS
Definition of PHLEGMS
noun
plural of phlegm
noun
One of the four humors making up the body in ancient and mediaeval medicine; said to be cold and moist, and often identified with mucus.
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Another sense
PHLEGMS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of phlegm.
Word DNA
PHLEGMS inherits its ancestry from its root, PHLEGM.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,666)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PHLEGM · 1 relative 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.
PHLEGMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 131 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PHLEGMS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGHLMPS - 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 28
Could you have found PHLEGMS?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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