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ZEMINDARIES
Definition of ZEMINDARIES
noun
plural of zemindary
ZAMINDARI · via zemindary
noun
In British India, a system used to collect revenues from the ryots (cultivators of agricultural land) indirectly through the zamindars, as opposed to ryotwari, where revenues were collected directly.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ZEMINDARY · 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.
ZEMINDARIES in OUTLIER
It has fitted 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 55, 14 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 85 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZEMINDARIES starts with Z and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEEIIMNRSZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ZEMINDA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found ZEMINDARIES?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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