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MELANOPHOBIA
Definition of MELANOPHOBIA
noun
Fear, hate, or dislike of black people.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek μέλᾱς (mélās) + -o- + -phobia.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,854)
branch · 12.7% of traced words
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.
MELANOPHOBIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 144, 11 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MELANOPHOBIA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABEHILMNOOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and O appear more than once.
Words that start MELANOPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MELANOPHOBIA?
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 144 - and most players walked straight past it.
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