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ZOEAL
Definition of ZOEAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to zoeae.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From zoea + -al.
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.
ZOEAL 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 55, 14 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 47 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZOEAL starts with Z and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AELOZ - 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.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ZOEAL?
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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