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PHREAKING
Definition of PHREAKING
noun
The cracking or exploring of a telephone system, e.g., attempting to obtain free calls or to discover special service numbers or other internal technical information.
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Other senses
PHREAKING carries 2 further meanings.
noun
The cracking or exploring of a telephone system, e.g. trying to get free calls or to discover special service numbers or other internal technical information.
verb
Present participle of phreak.
Where it comes from
A blend of phone + freak.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PHREAK · 3 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.
PHREAKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 74 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHREAKING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGHIKNPR - 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.
Could you have found PHREAKING?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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