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WATERZOOIS

/ˈvɑː.tə.zɔɪ/10 letters

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).

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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.

WATERZOOIS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 2 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
36
First board
55
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 55, 14 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 47 days.

First ever to find it

redpill

on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

WATERZOOIS
10
Letters
5
Vowels
5
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
3
Longest vowel run

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.

Words that start WATERZ

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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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