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ZINCS
Definition of ZINCS
noun
plural of zinc
noun
A chemical element (symbol Zn) with an atomic number of 30, a blue-silvery metal that is slightly brittle at room temperature and tarnishes slightly in moist air.
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Word DNA
ZINCS inherits its ancestry from its root, ZINC.
How it is built
Same root, ZINC · 17 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.
ZINCS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ZINCS starts with Z and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CINSZ - 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 21
Could you have found ZINCS?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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