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ZOAEAS
Definition of ZOAEAS
noun
plural of zoaea
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ZOAEA · 1 relative 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.
ZOAEAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 125, 22 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 160, 27 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZOAEAS starts with Z and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEOSZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found ZOAEAS?
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 125 - and most players walked straight past it.
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