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PHYLACTERIES
Definition of PHYLACTERIES
noun
plural of phylactery
PHYLACTERY
noun
Either of two small leather cases containing scrolls with passages from the Torah, traditionally worn by a Jewish man (one on the arm (usually the left) and one on the forehead) and now sometimes by a woman at certain morning prayers as a reminder to obey the law as set out in the Bible; a tefilla.
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Another sense
PHYLACTERIES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of phylactery.
Word DNA
PHYLACTERIES inherits its ancestry from its root, PHYLACTERY.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (840)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PHYLACTERY · 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.
PHYLACTERIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 136 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
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
PHYLACTERIES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHILPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PHYLACTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found PHYLACTERIES?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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