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PHONETICALLY
Definition of PHONETICALLY
adverb
In the way it sounds, particularly: written to describe the sound rather than the dictionary spelling.
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Where it comes from
From phonetic + -ally.
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.
PHONETICALLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHONETICALLY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEHILLNOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PHONETIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHONETICALLY?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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