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CYNOPHILIST
Definition of CYNOPHILIST
noun
Synonym of cynophile (“a person who is fond of dogs”).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cyno- + -philist. Piecewise doublet of canophilist.
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.
CYNOPHILIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
CYNOPHILIST starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CHIILNOPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start CYNOPHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CYNOPHILIST?
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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