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NECROPHILIA
Definition of NECROPHILIA
noun
A pathological attraction to dead bodies.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From necro- (Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “corpse, dead”)) + -philia (Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “affection”)), after German Nekrophilie (in Krafft-Ebing 1887).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- Ancient Greek
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (909)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NECROPHILIA · 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.
NECROPHILIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 46 boards so far. 161 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
NECROPHILIA starts with N and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACEHIILNOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start NECROPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found NECROPHILIA?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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