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GERMOPHOBIA
Definition of GERMOPHOBIA
noun
Pathological fear of germs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From germ + -o- + -phobia.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GERM · 9 relatives 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.
GERMOPHOBIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 133, 30 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 133, 30 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GERMOPHOBIA starts with G and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ABEGHIMOOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found GERMOPHOBIA?
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 133 - and most players walked straight past it.
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