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ZEPHYRING
Definition of ZEPHYRING
verb
present participle and gerund of zephyr
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Word DNA
ZEPHYRING inherits its ancestry from its root, ZEPHYR.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,640)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ZEPHYR · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Russian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ZEPHYRING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 177, 13 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 177, 13 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZEPHYRING starts with Z and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGHINPRYZ - 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 ZEPHYR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ZEPHYRING?
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 177 - and most players walked straight past it.
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