The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.

ENTOMOPHILY

/ɛntəˈmɒfəliː/11 letters

Definition of ENTOMOPHILY

noun

pollination by insects

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From entomo- + -phily.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun5 syllablescompound-philyentomo-

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ENTOMOPHILY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 158
Its 5 boards, across 158 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
72
First board
158
Latest board
48
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

zzombie

on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ENTOMOPHILY
11
Letters
4
Vowels
7
Consonants
10
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ENTOMOPHILY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EHILMNOOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Words that start ENTOMOP

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ENTOMOPHAGYENTOMOPHAGOUSENTOMOPHILIESENTOMOPHILOUS

Could you have found ENTOMOPHILY?

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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