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ZIPLOCKED
Definition of ZIPLOCKED
adjective
Tightly sealed in, or as if in, a Ziploc bag.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From zip + locked, based on the brand name Ziploc.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ZIPLOCK · 2 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.
ZIPLOCKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 87 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZIPLOCKED starts with Z and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEIKLOPZ - 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 ZIPLOC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ZIPLOCKED?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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