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ZOOMANIA
Definition of ZOOMANIA
noun
An excessive or abnormal love of animals
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From zoo- + -mania.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ZOOMANIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
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
ZOOMANIA starts with Z and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAIMNOOZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and A appear more than once, including a double letter. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ZOOMAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found ZOOMANIA?
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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