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WATERZOOIS
Definition of WATERZOOIS
Wiktionary has no entry for WATERZOOIS itself. This is its base word, WATERZOOI.
noun
A type of Flemish stew, traditionally made with fish.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for WATERZOOI.
From Dutch waterzooi.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Dutch
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (695)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WATERZOOI · 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.
WATERZOOIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WATERZOOIS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEIOORSTWZ - 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.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found WATERZOOIS?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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