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AILUROPHOBES
Definition of AILUROPHOBES
noun
plural of ailurophobe
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Another sense
AILUROPHOBES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of ailurophobe.
Word DNA
AILUROPHOBES inherits its ancestry from its root, AILUROPHOBE.
How it is built
Same root, AILUROPHOBE · 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.
AILUROPHOBES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 71 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AILUROPHOBES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEHILOOPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start AILUROPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AILUROPHOBES?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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