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ACROPHOBES
Definition of ACROPHOBES
noun
plural of acrophobe
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Word DNA
ACROPHOBES inherits its ancestry from its root, ACROPHOBE.
How it is built
Same root, ACROPHOBE · 1 relative 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.
ACROPHOBES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 52 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACROPHOBES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCEHOOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start ACROPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACROPHOBES?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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