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ZENITH
Definition of ZENITH
noun
The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English cenyth, from Medieval Latin cenit, from Arabic سَمْت (samt, “direction, path”), from the fuller form سَمْت اَلرَّأْس (samt ar-raʔs, “direction of the head”). The -ni- for -m- is sometimes thought to be due to a misreading of the three strokes, which is plausible, though it could be a mere phonetic approximation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Arabic
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,071)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ZENITH · 2 relatives 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.
ZENITH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 148 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ZENITH starts with Z and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read EHINTZ - 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.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found ZENITH?
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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