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NEOPHOBE
Definition of NEOPHOBE
noun
One who dislikes new or novel things.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From neo- + -phobe.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, NEOPHOBE · 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.
NEOPHOBE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 86, 14 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NEOPHOBE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEEHNOOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.
Words that start NEOPHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NEOPHOBE?
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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.
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