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ZEBRAWOOD
Definition of ZEBRAWOOD
noun
Any wood with a figure (grain pattern) like the striping of a zebra, most often wood of the genus Microberlinia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From zebra + wood.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ZEBRAWOOD · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ZEBRAWOOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZEBRAWOOD starts with Z and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDEOORWZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found ZEBRAWOOD?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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