The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
NEOPHILIC
Definition of NEOPHILIC
noun
A person or animal that enjoys new or novel experiences or food.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From neo- + -philic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NEOPHILIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 104, 1 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 104, 1 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NEOPHILIC starts with N and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEHIILNOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start NEOPHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NEOPHILIC?
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 104 - and most players walked straight past it.
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