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PHRENOLOGIST
Definition of PHRENOLOGIST
noun
An adherent or practitioner of phrenology.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From phrenology + -ist.
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.
PHRENOLOGIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 91 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHRENOLOGIST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EGHILNOOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
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 PHRENOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHRENOLOGIST?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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