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MYSOPHOBIA
Definition of MYSOPHOBIA
noun
An abnormal fear of uncleanliness, dirt, or contamination.
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Other senses
MYSOPHOBIA carries 4 further meanings.
noun
An abnormal fear of dirt or contamination.
noun
A morbid fear of contamination, as of soiling one's hands by touching anything.
noun
An abnormal fear of dirt.
noun
a morbid fear of dirt or contamination
Where it comes from
From myso- + -phobia.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
MYSOPHOBIA in a sentence
“Your mysophobia is in overdrive - if you 'hover' at home I would think that would just be inviting more germs rather than sitting and giving yourself a little bit of a seal.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MYSOPHOBIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 83 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MYSOPHOBIA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ABHIMOOPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start MYSOPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found MYSOPHOBIA?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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