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HYDROPHILES
Definition of HYDROPHILES
noun
plural of hydrophile
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Word DNA
HYDROPHILES inherits its ancestry from its root, HYDROPHILE.
How it is built
Same root, HYDROPHILE · 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.
HYDROPHILES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYDROPHILES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEHHILOPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H appears more than once.
Words that start HYDROPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HYDROPHILES?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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