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PHLOX
Definition of PHLOX
noun
Any flowering plant of the genus Phlox.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin Phlox, from Ancient Greek φλόξ (phlóx, “flame”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHLOX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 252 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHLOX starts with P and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read HLOPX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found PHLOX?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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