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TZIGANES
Definition of TZIGANES
noun
plural of tzigane
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Word DNA
TZIGANES inherits its ancestry from its root, TZIGANE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,194)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TZIGANE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Afrikaans, Czech, Dutch, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian and 3 more.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TZIGANES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TZIGANES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGINSTZ - 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.
Words that start TZIGAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TZIGANES?
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 107 - and most players walked straight past it.
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