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ANEMOPHOBIA
Definition of ANEMOPHOBIA
noun
A fear of or aversion from wind.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From anemo- (“wind”) + -phobia. In some uses apparently a calque of Chinese 惡風 / 恶风 (“aversion from wind (due to the coldness it brings about)”), a term used in traditional Chinese medicine.
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.
ANEMOPHOBIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANEMOPHOBIA starts with A and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABEHIMNOOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and O appear more than once.
Words that start ANEMOPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found ANEMOPHOBIA?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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