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ZONETIMES
Definition of ZONETIMES
noun
plural of zonetime
ZONETIME
noun
The time in a particular time zone, based on a meridian, as opposed to standard time.
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Word DNA
ZONETIMES inherits its ancestry from its root, ZONETIME.
How it is built
Same root, ZONETIME · 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.
ZONETIMES 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 3 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
ZONETIMES starts with Z and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEIMNOSTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ZONETI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ZONETIMES?
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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