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ECOPHOBIAS
Definition of ECOPHOBIAS
Wiktionary has no entry for ECOPHOBIAS itself. This is its base word, ECOPHOBIA.
noun
Fear of one’s home.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for ECOPHOBIA.
From eco- + -phobia, from Ancient Greek: οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) and φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,672)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ECOPHOBIA · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ECOPHOBIAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ECOPHOBIAS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCEHIOOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found ECOPHOBIAS?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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