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ZACATONS
Definition of ZACATONS
noun
plural of zacaton
SACATON · via zacaton
noun
A tufted perennial grass, Sporobolus airoides, grown in the southwestern United States and Mexico and used for hay and pasture in dry alkaline areas.
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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.
ZACATONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 125, 22 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 125, 22 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZACATONS starts with Z and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACNOSTZ - 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.
Could you have found ZACATONS?
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 125 - and most players walked straight past it.
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