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NECROPHAGOUS
Definition of NECROPHAGOUS
adjective
That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From necro- + -phagous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
NECROPHAGOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NECROPHAGOUS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEGHNOOPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start NECROPHA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NECROPHAGOUS?
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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