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PHOSPHIDS
Definition of PHOSPHIDS
noun
plural of phosphid
PHOSPHIDE · via phosphid
noun
Any binary compound of phosphorus, especially one in oxidation state −3.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PHOSPHID · 2 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.
PHOSPHIDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 75 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHOSPHIDS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DHHIOPPSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P, H and S appear more than once.
Words that start PHOSPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHOSPHIDS?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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