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PHONE
Definition of PHONE
noun
A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Clipping of telephone; first attested in 1884.
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.
PHONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 106 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PHONE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHNOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PHONE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found PHONE?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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