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DENTOPHOBE
Definition of DENTOPHOBE
noun
A person afflicted by dentophobia; one who fears going to the dentist.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dento- + -phobe.
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.
DENTOPHOBE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 147, 14 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 147, 14 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DENTOPHOBE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BDEEHNOOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.
Words that start DENTOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DENTOPHOBE?
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 147 - and most players walked straight past it.
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