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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Word DNA
PHONERS inherits its ancestry from its root, PHONER.
How it is built
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 18 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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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