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ZAMBO

/ˈzæmboʊ/5 letters

Definition of ZAMBO

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Zambo.

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ZAMBO in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 122
Its one board, across 122 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
36
First board
86
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 86 days.

First ever to find it

vandal

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

Built from these letters

ZAMBO
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ZAMBO starts with Z and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ABMOZ - 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 start ZAMBO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ZAMBOSZAMBOMBAZAMBOMBASZAMBOORAKZAMBOORAKS

Could you have found ZAMBO?

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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