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ZOINK
Definition of ZOINK
verb
Alternative form of zonk (“to make sleepy or delirious”).
noun
An unfavorable card or token, or undesirable or worthless item used as a prize in a contest or game show (such as Let's Make a Deal).
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ZOINK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 176, 12 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 176, 12 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZOINK starts with Z and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read IKNOZ - 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 ZOINK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ZOINK?
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 176 - and most players walked straight past it.
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