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GENIZAH

/ɡɛˈniːzə/7 letters

Definition of GENIZAH

noun

A depository where sacred Hebrew books or other sacred items that by Jewish law cannot be disposed of are kept before they can be properly buried in a cemetery.

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Where it comes from

From Hebrew גְּנִיזָה (g'nizá, “archiving, preservation, storage; hiding; genizah”) (plural גְּנִיזוֹת (g'nizót)), from Old Persian *ganzam, from Old Median *ganǰam (“depository; treasure”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GENIZAH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Boards found on
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First board
54
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 54 days.

First ever to find it

brooklyn111

on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GENIZAH
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GENIZAH starts with G and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AEGHINZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.

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