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ZIBELINE

/ˈzɪbəˌlin/8 letters

Definition of ZIBELINE

noun

A thick, soft woolen fabric with a long nap.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French zibeline (“sable”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ZIBELINE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 2 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
68
First board
107
Latest board
39
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First ever to find it

indridcold

on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ZIBELINE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ZIBELINE starts with Z and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEEIILNZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start ZIBELI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ZIBELINE?

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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.

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