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PHLOXES
Definition of PHLOXES
noun
plural of phlox
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Another sense
PHLOXES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of phlox.
Word DNA
PHLOXES inherits its ancestry from its root, PHLOX.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- 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, PHLOX · 1 relative in the game
PHLOXES in a sentence
“There are also some woodland phloxes available that take shade and are very fragrant.”
There’s nothing lowly about the beautiful creeping phlox « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog, 2009
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHLOXES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 181 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHLOXES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHLOPSX - 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 PHLOXES?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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