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ZOOID
Definition of ZOOID
noun
An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From zoo- + -oid. Compare Ancient Greek ζῴδιον (zōídion, “animal”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ZOOID · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ZOOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 55 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZOOID starts with Z and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DIOOZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found ZOOID?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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