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PHREAKINGS
Definition of PHREAKINGS
Wiktionary has no entry for PHREAKINGS itself. This is its base word, PHREAK.
noun
A person who engages in phone phreaking.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for PHREAK.
Blend of phone + freak.
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.
PHREAKINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 21 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
PHREAKINGS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGHIKNPRS - 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 40
Could you have found PHREAKINGS?
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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