The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PHYTOLS
Definition of PHYTOLS
noun
plural of phytol
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHYTOLS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHYTOLS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HLOPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PHYTOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found PHYTOLS?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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