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BASOPHILIA
Definition of BASOPHILIA
noun
The condition of being basophilic (“easily stained with basic [high-pH] dyes”).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From baso- + -philia.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BASOPHILIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BASOPHILIA starts with B and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABHIILOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start BASOPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BASOPHILIA?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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