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XENOPHILE
Definition of XENOPHILE
noun
A person who has a love of foreign people and culture.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From xeno- + -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.
XENOPHILE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 187 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
XENOPHILE starts with X and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEHILNOPX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start XENOPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found XENOPHILE?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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