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PHONOGRAMS
Definition of PHONOGRAMS
noun
plural of phonogram
noun
A character or symbol (grapheme) that represents a sound, as opposed to logograms and determinatives.
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Another sense
PHONOGRAMS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of phonogram.
Word DNA
PHONOGRAMS inherits its ancestry from its root, PHONOGRAM.
How it is built
Same root, PHONOGRAM · 1 relative 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.
PHONOGRAMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 73 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PHONOGRAMS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGHMNOOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PHONOG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found PHONOGRAMS?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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