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ZEUGMA
Definition of ZEUGMA
noun
The act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “yoking; a bond, a band”), from ζεύγνυμι (zeúgnumi, “to yoke; to join”), from ζεῦγος (zeûgos, “a yoke”).
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.
ZEUGMA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 69, 28 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZEUGMA starts with Z and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEGMUZ - 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 21
Could you have found ZEUGMA?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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