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PHOS
Definition of PHOS
noun
plural of pho
PHO
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Phunoi.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 51 boards so far. 189 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PHOS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PHOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found PHOS?
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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