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NECROPHOBE
Definition of NECROPHOBE
noun
A person who has a morbid fear of death
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From necro- + -phobe.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, NECROPHOBE · 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.
NECROPHOBE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
NECROPHOBE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCEEHNOOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.
Words that start NECROP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found NECROPHOBE?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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