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PHOLAS
Definition of PHOLAS
noun
Any of several borrowing marine bivalve molluscs of the genus Pholas.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the genus name.
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.
PHOLAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First found by a player on Day 86, 14 August 2026.
Built from these letters
PHOLAS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AHLOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found PHOLAS?
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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.
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