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PHRENIC
Definition of PHRENIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to the diaphragm
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin phrenicus, from Ancient Greek φρήν (phrḗn, “diaphragm”).
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.
PHRENIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHRENIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEHINPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 PHRENI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found PHRENIC?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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