The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ALGOPHOBIA
Definition of ALGOPHOBIA
noun
Fear of pain.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
ALGOPHOBIA carries 2 further meanings.
noun
An abnormal fear of pain.
noun
a morbid fear of pain
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”) + -phobia.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,666)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ALGOPHOBIA · 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.
ALGOPHOBIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 74 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
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.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of ALGOPHOBIA. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
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.
Play today's OUTLIER