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ZIFFS
Definition of ZIFFS
noun
plural of ziff
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ZIFF · 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.
ZIFFS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZIFFS starts with Z and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read FFISZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found ZIFFS?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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