The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PHRASTIC
Definition of PHRASTIC
noun
The component of meaning in a sentence independent of mood or force.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Coined by Richard Mervyn Hare in The Language of Morals in 1952
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
PHRASTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 136, 3 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 136, 3 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHRASTIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACHIPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found PHRASTIC?
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 136 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER