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ALGOPHOBIA
Definition of ALGOPHOBIA
noun
Fear of pain.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”) + -phobia.
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.
ALGOPHOBIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ALGOPHOBIA starts with A and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABGHILOOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and O appear more than once.
Could you have found ALGOPHOBIA?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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