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PHLEGMY
Definition of PHLEGMY
adjective
Charged with phlegm.
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Other senses
PHLEGMY carries 2 further meanings.
Pertaining to, containing, or resembling phlegm.
adjective
characterized by phlegm
Where it comes from
From phlegm + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
PHLEGMY in a sentence
“Then you ride in phlegmy contact with every disease ridden proletarian in the city, drinking undrinkable coffee purchased from some dump or some over-priced Starbucks or wannabe.”
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Making Fiscal Sense, 2010
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHLEGMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 227 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 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 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHLEGMY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EGHLMPY - 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 24
Could you have found PHLEGMY?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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