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PHYLAE
Definition of PHYLAE
noun
plural of phyle
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Another sense
PHYLAE carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of phyle.
Word DNA
How it is built
PHYLAE in a sentence
“If you wish to argue that genus, phylae, species are also "artificial social constructs" as are types of stars, then I have no objection to your argument that, in effect, no scientific classification system has any validity because it is reliant on human observation and judgement.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHYLAE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 101 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHYLAE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEHLPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found PHYLAE?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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