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ZOOPHILIAS
Definition of ZOOPHILIAS
noun
plural of zoophilia
ZOOPHILIA
noun
A paraphilia involving the sexual attraction of people to non-human animals.
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Word DNA
ZOOPHILIAS inherits its ancestry from its root, ZOOPHILIA.
How it is built
Same root, ZOOPHILIA · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ZOOPHILIAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZOOPHILIAS starts with Z and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AHIILOOPSZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once, including a double letter. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ZOOPHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found ZOOPHILIAS?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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