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CANOPHOBIAS
Definition of CANOPHOBIAS
Wiktionary has no entry for CANOPHOBIAS itself. This is its base word, CANOPHOBIA.
noun
Synonym of cynophobia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for CANOPHOBIA.
From cano- + -phobia. Piecewise doublet of cynophobia.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CANOPHOBIA · 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.
CANOPHOBIAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CANOPHOBIAS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABCHINOOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and O appear more than once.
Could you have found CANOPHOBIAS?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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