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ZERDAS
Definition of ZERDAS
noun
plural of zerda
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Word DNA
ZERDAS inherits its ancestry from its root, ZERDA.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
18th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (476)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ZERDA · 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.
ZERDAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
ZERDAS starts with Z and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADERSZ - 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.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ZERDAS?
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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