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CLAUSTROPHOBIA
Definition of CLAUSTROPHOBIA
noun
The abnormal fear of closed, tight places.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin claustrum (“a shut-in place”), from Latin claudō (“to shut, close; to imprison, confine”) + -phobia. First attested in the British Medical Journal.
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.
CLAUSTROPHOBIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 62 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 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 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLAUSTROPHOBIA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABCHILOOPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and O appear more than once.
Words that start CLAUSTROPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CLAUSTROPHOBIA?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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