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ZEUGMAS
Definition of ZEUGMAS
noun
plural 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.
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Word DNA
ZEUGMAS inherits its ancestry from its root, ZEUGMA.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,666)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ZEUGMA · 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.
ZEUGMAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
ZEUGMAS starts with Z and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGMSUZ - 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 29
Could you have found ZEUGMAS?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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