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ZONULAE
Definition of ZONULAE
noun
plural of zonula
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ZONULAE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZONULAE starts with Z and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AELNOUZ - 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 ZONULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ZONULAE?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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