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ZAMPONE
Definition of ZAMPONE
noun
In Italian cookery, stuffed pig's trotter with spicy ground pork, usually dried and cured, often served with lentils.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian zampone.
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.
ZAMPONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 54 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
ZAMPONE starts with Z and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEMNOPZ - 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 ZAMPON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found ZAMPONE?
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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