6 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon)bor. Late Latin phaenomenonder. English phenomenonclip. English phenom Clipping of phenomenon (“remarkable occurrence”). American English, c. 1890s.
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