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ZIRCON
Definition of ZIRCON
noun
A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or grey colour and consisting of silica and zirconia.
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Where it comes from
From German Zirkon, possibly via French zircon, formed in the 1780s from Arabic زَرْقُون (zarqūn), borrowed from Middle Persian zlgwn' (/zargōn/). Doublet of jargoon.
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.
ZIRCON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 69, 28 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 44 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ZIRCON starts with Z and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CINORZ - 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 ZIRCON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found ZIRCON?
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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