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PHRENESIS
Definition of PHRENESIS
noun
phrenitis
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (*phrénēsis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”). Doublet of frenzy.
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.
PHRENESIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.
Built from these letters
PHRENESIS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEHINPRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PHRENE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHRENESIS?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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