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AEROPHOBE
Definition of AEROPHOBE
noun
A person who is afraid of flying.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From aero- + -phobe.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, AEROPHOBE · 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.
AEROPHOBE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 70 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AEROPHOBE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEEHOOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.
Words that start AEROPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found AEROPHOBE?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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