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ZABRA
Definition of ZABRA
noun
A small sailing vessel used off the coasts of Spain and Portugal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish zabra.
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.
ZABRA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZABRA starts with Z and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABRZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ZABRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found ZABRA?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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