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PHREAK
Definition of PHREAK
noun
A person who engages in phone phreaking.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of phone + freak.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHREAK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PHREAK starts with P and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AEHKPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PHREAK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found PHREAK?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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