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PHLOEMS
Definition of PHLOEMS
noun
plural of phloem
noun
A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.
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Another sense
PHLOEMS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of phloem.
Word DNA
PHLOEMS inherits its ancestry from its root, PHLOEM.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- German
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,695)
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.
PHLOEMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 55 boards so far. 127 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PHLOEMS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHLMOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found PHLOEMS?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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