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ZOANTHROPIC
Definition of ZOANTHROPIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to zoanthropy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From zoanthropy + -ic.
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.
ZOANTHROPIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ZOANTHROPIC starts with Z and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACHINOOPRTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found ZOANTHROPIC?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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