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FRANCOPHILES
About FRANCOPHILES
FRANCOPHILES is a valid 12-letter word in OUTLIER, and one of the few with no English entry in Wiktionary - the dictionary a word game accepts is wider than the one an encyclopaedia keeps.
No definition is on file, so none is guessed at here.
Another sense
FRANCOPHILES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of francophile.
Word DNA
Same root, FRANCOPHIL · 2 relatives in the game
FRANCOPHILES in a sentence
“And congratulations on having the will and courgage to make your dreams come true ... and the courage to share your inner self with all of us francophiles around the globe!”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FRANCOPHILES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 80 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRANCOPHILES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEFHILNOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FRANCOPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found FRANCOPHILES?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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