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PHLOGISTONIC
Definition of PHLOGISTONIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to phlogiston or the theory of phlogiston.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From phlogiston + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PHLOGISTON · 2 relatives 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.
PHLOGISTONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 156, 23 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 156, 23 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHLOGISTONIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CGHIILNOOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once.
Words that start PHLOGIST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHLOGISTONIC?
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 156 - and most players walked straight past it.
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