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ZINCKIEST
Definition of ZINCKIEST
Wiktionary has no entry for ZINCKIEST itself. This is its base word, ZINCKY.
adjective
Alternative form of zincy.
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Word DNA
ZINCKIEST 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.
ZINCKIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 160, 27 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZINCKIEST starts with Z and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEIIKNSTZ - 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.
Words that start ZINCKI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ZINCKIEST?
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 160 - and most players walked straight past it.
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