The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PHYLLODY
Definition of PHYLLODY
noun
The abnormal development of floral parts into leafy structures.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See phyllodium.
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.
PHYLLODY 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 26 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
PHYLLODY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DHLLOPYY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. Y and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PHYLLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHYLLODY?
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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