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ZOISITE
Definition of ZOISITE
noun
A mineral with orthorhombic crystals, Ca2Al3(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Named after Austrian scientist Baron Sigmund Zois von Edelstein (1747-1819) in 1805. + -ite
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.
ZOISITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 69, 28 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ZOISITE starts with Z and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIIOSTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ZOISIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found ZOISITE?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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