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ZINGY

/ˈzɪŋi/5 letters

Definition of ZINGY

adjective

Full of zest.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From zing + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ZINGY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 121
Its 3 boards, across 121 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
64
First board
107
Latest board
38
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.

First ever to find it

fangs

on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ZINGY
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ZINGY starts with Z and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read GINYZ - 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.

Could you have found ZINGY?

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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.

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