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CLAUSTROPHOBE
Definition of CLAUSTROPHOBE
noun
One who suffers from claustrophobia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin claustrum (“a shut-in place”), from claudō (“to shut, close; to imprison, confine”) + -phobe.
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.
CLAUSTROPHOBE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLAUSTROPHOBE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCEHLOOPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start CLAUSTROP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CLAUSTROPHOBE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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