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AILUROPHOBE
Definition of AILUROPHOBE
noun
A person with an irrational fear or hatred of felines.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ailuro- (“cat”) + -phobe.
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.
AILUROPHOBE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AILUROPHOBE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEHILOOPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start AILUROP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found AILUROPHOBE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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