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ZENITHAL

/ˈzɛn.ɪθəl/8 letters

Definition of ZENITHAL

adjective

Of or pertaining to a zenith.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From zenith + -al.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective3 syllablescompound-al

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Rarity score
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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.

ZENITHAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 149
Its 7 boards, across 149 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
7
Boards found on
55
First board
145
Latest board
38
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

twrex

on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

ZENITHAL
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ZENITHAL starts with Z and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEHILNTZ - 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.

Words that start ZENITH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ZENITHAL?

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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.

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