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CYNOPHILE
Definition of CYNOPHILE
noun
A person who loves canines; a dog lover.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cyno- + -phile. Piecewise doublet of canophile.
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.
CYNOPHILE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 86 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 104, 1 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CYNOPHILE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEHILNOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CYNOPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CYNOPHILE?
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 103 - and most players walked straight past it.
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