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XENOPHILE
Definition of XENOPHILE
noun
A person who has a love of foreign people and culture.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
XENOPHILE carries 3 further meanings.
noun
A person attracted to that which is foreign, especially to foreign peoples, manners, or cultures.
noun
A person infatuated with foreign people and culture.
noun
A person very interested in celebrating people's differences.
Where it comes from
From xeno- + -phile.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, XENOPHILE · 1 relative in the game
XENOPHILE in a sentence
“The vegetation consists of xenophile forests mixed with palm savannas.”
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 13 boards so far. 448 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
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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