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PHYSIOGNOMICAL
Definition of PHYSIOGNOMICAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to physiognomy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From physiognomy + -ical.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PHYSIOGNOMY · 5 relatives 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.
PHYSIOGNOMICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHYSIOGNOMICAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACGHIILMNOOPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and O appear more than once.
Words that start PHYSIOGNOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHYSIOGNOMICAL?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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