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PHONOLITE
Definition of PHONOLITE
noun
A light-coloured rock of volcanic origin composed mostly of alkali feldspars.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From phono- + -lite, from the metallic sound when it is hit.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PHONOLITE · 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.
PHONOLITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHONOLITE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHILNOOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PHONOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found PHONOLITE?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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