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ZOMBI
Definition of ZOMBI
noun
Uncommon spelling of zombie.
noun
A person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces (such as magic), with no soul or will of his or her own, typically being slow, obedient, and harmless unless directed to be harmful.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ZOMBI · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ZOMBI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ZOMBI starts with Z and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read BIMOZ - 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 ZOMBI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found ZOMBI?
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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