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NEOPHOBIAS
Definition of NEOPHOBIAS
noun
plural of neophobia
noun
The fear or hatred of novelty, new things, innovation, or unfamiliar places or situations.
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Word DNA
NEOPHOBIAS inherits its ancestry from its root, NEOPHOBIA.
How it is built
Same root, NEOPHOBIA · 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.
NEOPHOBIAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NEOPHOBIAS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEHINOOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start NEOPHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found NEOPHOBIAS?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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