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ZEMSTVO
Definition of ZEMSTVO
noun
A Russian district or provincial council, or elective local-governmental administrative division, founded in 1864 by Tsar Alexander the Liberator.
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Where it comes from
From Russian зе́мство (zémstvo), from земля́ (zemljá, “land, country”).
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.
ZEMSTVO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 107, 4 September 2026.
Built from these letters
ZEMSTVO starts with Z and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read EMOSTVZ - 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.
Could you have found ZEMSTVO?
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 107 - and most players walked straight past it.
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