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CANOPHILIA
Definition of CANOPHILIA
noun
Synonym of cynophilia (“the love of dogs”).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cano- (“dog”) + -philia. Piecewise doublet of cynophilia.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CANOPHILIA · 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.
CANOPHILIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CANOPHILIA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACHIILNOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start CANOPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found CANOPHILIA?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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