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ACIDOPHIL
Definition of ACIDOPHIL
noun
An eosinophil; a white blood cell responsible for combating infection by parasites in the body.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From acid + -o- + -phil.
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.
ACIDOPHIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACIDOPHIL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACDHIILOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ACIDOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found ACIDOPHIL?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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