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IODOPHILE

9 letters

Definition of IODOPHILE

noun

An iodophilic cell.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From iodo- + -phile.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

nouncompound-phileiodo-

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.

IODOPHILE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far.

Day 1Day 168
Its 10 boards, across 168 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
72
First board
163
Latest board
35
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

lena

on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

IODOPHILE
9
Letters
5
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

IODOPHILE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEHIILOOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and O appear more than once.

Words that start IODOPH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

IODOPHORIODOPHORS

Could you have found IODOPHILE?

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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