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PHTHALIC
Definition of PHTHALIC
adjective
Of, relating to, or derived from naphthalene or phthalic acid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Shortened form of naphthalic, from naphthalene + -ic, from naphtha + -al + -ene.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHTHALIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHTHALIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACHHILPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H appears more than once.
Words that start PHTHAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHTHALIC?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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