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ZEALOUSER

9 letters

Definition of ZEALOUSER

adjective

comparative form of zealous: more zealous

ZEALOUS

adjective

Full of zeal; ardent, fervent; exhibiting enthusiasm or strong passion, particularly in matters of religion.

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Word DNA

ZEALOUSER inherits its ancestry from its root, ZEALOUS.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.4%

of traced words share this origin (10,337)

Hellenic

branch · 12.4% of traced words

How it is built

adjectivecompound-ous

Same root, ZEALOUS · 1 relative in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

ZEALOUSER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 168
Its 2 boards, across 168 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
145
First board
160
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

mauradotcom

on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ZEALOUSER
9
Letters
5
Vowels
4
Consonants
8
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

ZEALOUSER starts with Z and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEELORSUZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start ZEALOU

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ZEALOUSZEALOUSYZEALOUSLYZEALOUSNESSZEALOUSNESSES

Could you have found ZEALOUSER?

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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.

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