The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OMBROPHILE
Definition of OMBROPHILE
noun
Any plant that flourishes in a rainy environment.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ombro- + -phile.
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.
OMBROPHILE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
OMBROPHILE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEHILMOOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start OMBROP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OMBROPHILE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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