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AUTOPHOBIA
Definition of AUTOPHOBIA
noun
The morbid fear of being alone or of oneself.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
AUTOPHOBIA carries a second meaning.
noun
self-hatred
Where it comes from
From auto- + -phobia.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, AUTOPHOBIA · 1 relative in the game
AUTOPHOBIA in a sentence
“His opinion is that Palladian is Titus, and comments like this ...the "real Titus" inasmuch as a fictional character can be real has always been stupid are indicative of autophobia.”
Hey, James Wolcott called me a peeing intellectual nobility., 2008
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AUTOPHOBIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 131 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUTOPHOBIA starts with A and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABHIOOPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and O appear more than once.
Words that start AUTOPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found AUTOPHOBIA?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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