The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PHONERS
Definition of PHONERS
noun
plural of phoner
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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.
PHONERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 86, 14 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHONERS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHNOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found PHONERS?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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