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GEOPHILOUS
Definition of GEOPHILOUS
adjective
Loving the ground: specifically applied to sundry animals, especially the Geophila or land-snails.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From geo- + -philous.
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.
GEOPHILOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GEOPHILOUS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGHILOOPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found GEOPHILOUS?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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