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ZIMBIS
Definition of ZIMBIS
Wiktionary has no entry for ZIMBIS itself. This is its base word, ZIMBI.
noun
A cowrie shell, once used as a form of currency in parts of Africa.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ZIMBIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 165, 1 November 2026.
Built from these letters
ZIMBIS starts with Z and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BIIMSZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found ZIMBIS?
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 165 - and most players walked straight past it.
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