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OENOPHILES
Definition of OENOPHILES
noun
plural of oenophile
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Another sense
OENOPHILES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of oenophile.
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, OENOPHIL · 2 relatives in the game
OENOPHILES in a sentence
“When I was getting married four years ago, I wanted to pour a crowd-pleasing red complex enough to intrigue the oenophiles in the group: I went with a zin, the 2003 Ridge Geyserville.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OENOPHILES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 50 boards so far. 178 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OENOPHILES starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEHILNOOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once.
Words that start OENOPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found OENOPHILES?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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