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ZINCOGRAPH
Definition of ZINCOGRAPH
noun
An engraved zinc plate used in zincography.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From zinco- + -graph.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ZINCOGRAPH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 93 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ZINCOGRAPH starts with Z and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACGHINOPRZ - 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.
Words that start ZINCOG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
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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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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