The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PHYLESES
Definition of PHYLESES
noun
plural of phylesis
noun
A course of evolutionary or phylogenetic development which modifies an organism or group of organisms without leading to the formation of a new species.
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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.
PHYLESES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 75 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHYLESES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEHLPSSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once.
Could you have found PHYLESES?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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