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ZOMBIS
Definition of ZOMBIS
noun
plural of zombi
ZOMBIE · via zombi
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
ZOMBIS 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 (4,521)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ZOMBIE · 6 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.
ZOMBIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 165, 1 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZOMBIS starts with Z and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BIMOSZ - 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.
Could you have found ZOMBIS?
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 165 - and most players walked straight past it.
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