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ZOLPIDEMS
Definition of ZOLPIDEMS
Wiktionary has no entry for ZOLPIDEMS itself. This is its base word, ZOLPIDEM.
noun
A sedative and hypnotic drug administered orally in the form of its tartrate (C19H21N3O)2·C4H6O6 in the short-term treatment of insomnia.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for ZOLPIDEM.
Probably from (imida)zol(e) + p(yr)id(ine) + (ac)e(ta)m(ide).
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.
ZOLPIDEMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 69, 28 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 54 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZOLPIDEMS starts with Z and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEILMOPSZ - 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 36
Could you have found ZOLPIDEMS?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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