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PHONINESS
Definition of PHONINESS
noun
The condition or quality of being phony or fake.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From phony + -ness.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PHONY · 8 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHONINESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHONINESS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHINNOPSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found PHONINESS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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