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AILUROPHOBIA
Definition of AILUROPHOBIA
noun
An irrational fear or hatred of cats or other felines.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
AILUROPHOBIA carries 2 further meanings.
noun
Same as ælaurophobia.
noun
a morbid fear of cats
Where it comes from
First recorded in 1905. From ailuro- (“cat”) + -phobia (“fear, hatred”), both from Ancient Greek.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,465)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AILUROPHOBIA · 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.
AILUROPHOBIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 72 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AILUROPHOBIA starts with A and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABHIILOOPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, I and O appear more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of AILUROPHOBIA. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start AILUROPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AILUROPHOBIA?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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