Prompt 5 of 7
Name a phobia (its formal name, like 'arachnophobia')
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100 ptsOne in a Krillion1 answerShow answersHide answers
The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.
- Venustraphobia— The fear of beautiful women. Named after Venus. One of those phobias that's real, documented, and almost never mentioned outside clinical literature.
85 ptsDeep Cut35 answersShow answersHide answers
Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.
- Ablutophobia
- Aichmophobia
- Alektorophobia
- Amaxophobia
- Arithmophobia
- Athazagoraphobia
- Automatonophobia
- Chionophobia
- Chiroptophobia
- Deipnophobia
- Ergophobia
- Frigophobia
- Gelotophobia
- Globophobia
- Gymnophobia
- Heliophobia
- Herpetophobia
- Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
- Katsaridaphobia
- Koumpounophobia
- Melissophobia
- Monophobia
- Musophobia
- Nomophobia
- Ochlophobia
- Paraskevidekatriaphobia
- Pediophobia
- Phonophobia
- Pogonophobia
- Somniphobia
- Submechanophobia
- Taphophobia
- Telephonophobia
- Tokophobia
- Vestiphobia
60 ptsRare18 answersShow answersHide answers
Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.
- Anthropophobia
- Astraphobia
- Atychiphobia
- Aviophobia
- Dentophobia
- Emetophobia
- Entomophobia
- Galeophobia
- Glossophobia
- Hemophobia
- Megalophobia
- Necrophobia
- Phasmophobia
- Philophobia
- Photophobia
- Thalassophobia
- Thanatophobia
- Xenophobia
30 ptsSchooler11 answersShow answersHide answers
A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.
- Ailurophobia
- Aquaphobia
- Coulrophobia
- Cynophobia
- Mysophobia
- Nyctophobia
- Ophidiophobia
- Ornithophobia
- Pyrophobia
- Trypanophobia
- Trypophobia
15 ptsToo Clever2 answersShow answersHide answers
An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.
- Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia— The fear of long words. Named sarcastically. You already knew that. Everyone does.
- Triskaidekaphobia— Fear of the number 13. The gateway phobia: everyone learns this word at age nine and deploys it forever.
10 ptsPlankton4 answersShow answersHide answers
The most common answer on the board.
- Acrophobia
- Agoraphobia
- Arachnophobia
- Claustrophobia