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ZEST
Definition of ZEST
noun
The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French zeste.
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.
ZEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
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Built from these letters
ZEST starts with Z and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ESTZ - 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 ZEST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ZEST?
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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