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PHYLOGENIC
Definition of PHYLOGENIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to phylogeny
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From phylogeny + -ic.
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.
PHYLOGENIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 69 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHYLOGENIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEGHILNOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PHYLOG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found PHYLOGENIC?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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