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PHLOEM
Definition of PHLOEM
noun
A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1872. From German Phloëm, coined by Swiss botanist Carl Nägeli in 1858 from Ancient Greek φλόος (phlóos, “husk, bark”) + a Greek-sounding ending -em (cf. System).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- German
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,706)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PHLOEM · 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.
PHLOEM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 73 boards so far. 387 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PHLOEM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EHLMOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found PHLOEM?
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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