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ZOON
Definition of ZOON
noun
A distinct organism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First adopted by Herbert Spencer in Principles of Biology (see 1864 quotation): from New Latin zōon, from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”).
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.
ZOON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ZOON starts with Z and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read NOOZ - 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.
Words that start ZOON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found ZOON?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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