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PHRENISM
Definition of PHRENISM
noun
A supposed "thought force" in vitalism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From phreno- + -ism.
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.
PHRENISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 87, 15 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 86, 14 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHRENISM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EHIMNPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses 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.
Could you have found PHRENISM?
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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.
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