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ZITHERN
Definition of ZITHERN
noun
A zither
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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.
ZITHERN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
ZITHERN starts with Z and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EHINRTZ - 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 ZITHER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ZITHERN?
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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