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DENTOPHOBIA
Definition of DENTOPHOBIA
noun
Fear of dentists or their medical procedures.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dento- + -phobia.
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.
DENTOPHOBIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 103, 31 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DENTOPHOBIA starts with D and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ABDEHINOOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found DENTOPHOBIA?
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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