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EPIZOOTY
Definition of EPIZOOTY
noun
An epizootic disease or outbreak.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
French épizootie.
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.
EPIZOOTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 67 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EPIZOOTY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EIOOPTYZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EPIZOO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found EPIZOOTY?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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