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ZINCATES
Definition of ZINCATES
noun
plural of zincate
noun
Any salt formally derived from zinc oxide or hydroxide by combination with a more electropositive element.
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Word DNA
ZINCATES inherits its ancestry from its root, ZINC.
How it is built
Same root, ZINC · 21 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Middle Low German, Old English, Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo-European, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ZINCATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZINCATES starts with Z and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEINSTZ - 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 55
Could you have found ZINCATES?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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