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ZIRCALOY
Definition of ZIRCALOY
noun
Any of a set of specialist alloys of zirconium
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ZIRCALOY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 58 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZIRCALOY starts with Z and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACILORYZ - 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 ZIRCAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ZIRCALOY?
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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