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PHONETICAL
Definition of PHONETICAL
adjective
of, or pertaining to phonetics.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
PHONETICAL carries a second meaning.
Same as phonetic.
Where it comes from
From phonetic + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
PHONETICAL in a sentence
“The repetition, and eventually the matching of the sounds of the letters to their corresponding picture will get your youngsters recognizing letters and knowing their phonetical sounds in no time!”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHONETICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 73 boards so far. 382 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PHONETICAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACEHILNOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PHONET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found PHONETICAL?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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