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ZINCIEST
Definition of ZINCIEST
Wiktionary has no entry for ZINCIEST itself. This is its base word, ZINCY.
adjective
Containing zinc.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for ZINCY.
From zinc + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ZINC · 17 relatives 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.
ZINCIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZINCIEST starts with Z and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEIINSTZ - 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.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ZINCIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ZINCIEST?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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