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PHONETICS
Definition of PHONETICS
noun
The study of the physical sounds of human speech, concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phones), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception, and their representation by written symbols.
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Where it comes from
From phonetic + -s.
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.
PHONETICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 179 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PHONETICS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHINOPST - 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 PHONETICS?
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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