The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ZOETIC
Definition of ZOETIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to life.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ, “life”) + -etic.
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.
ZOETIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
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 53 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZOETIC starts with Z and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEIOTZ - 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.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found ZOETIC?
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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