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ZAFTIG
Definition of ZAFTIG
adjective
Having a plump and sexually attractive figure; voluptuous, well-proportioned; large.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
ZAFTIG carries 3 further meanings.
adjective
Having a full, shapely figure. Used of a woman.
adjective
Of a woman, having a plump and sexually attractive figure; voluptuous, well-proportioned.
adjective
(of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous
Where it comes from
From Yiddish זאַפֿטיק (zaftik), cognate to German saftig (“juicy”). Doublet of sappy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (909)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
ZAFTIG in a sentence
“In my opinion, Jewish women are the authority on this body image stuff -- Jews invented the word zaftig and live lives peppered with proverbs like "Worries go down better with soup" and the ever-uplifting, "Eat and drink for tomorrow you may die."”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ZAFTIG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 138 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZAFTIG starts with Z and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AFGITZ - 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 mean much the same
Near-synonyms of ZAFTIG. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found ZAFTIG?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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