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PHILOGYNIST
Definition of PHILOGYNIST
noun
someone who is fond of women collectively.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From philogyny + -ist.
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.
PHILOGYNIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 45, 4 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PHILOGYNIST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read GHIILNOPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PHILOGY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found PHILOGYNIST?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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