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PHON
Definition of PHON
noun
A unit of apparent loudness, equal in number to the intensity in decibels of a 1,000-hertz tone judged to be as loud as the sound being measured.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PHON starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read HNOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PHON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found PHON?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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