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ZOMBIFIED
Definition of ZOMBIFIED
verb
simple past and past participle of zombify
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Word DNA
ZOMBIFIED inherits its ancestry from its root, ZOMBIE.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,122)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ZOMBIE · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Portuguese.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ZOMBIFIED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 48 days.
First found by a player on Day 4, 25 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ZOMBIFIED starts with Z and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEFIIMOZ - 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 ZOMBIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found ZOMBIFIED?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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