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PHRENOLOGIES
Definition of PHRENOLOGIES
noun
plural of phrenology
noun
The pseudoscience which studies the relationships between a person's character and the morphology (structure) of the skull.
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Word DNA
PHRENOLOGIES inherits its ancestry from its root, PHRENOLOGY.
How it is built
Same root, PHRENOLOGY · 1 relative 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.
PHRENOLOGIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 81 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHRENOLOGIES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEGHILNOOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O 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 PHRENOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHRENOLOGIES?
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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.
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