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ZOOPHYTES
Definition of ZOOPHYTES
noun
plural of zoophyte
noun
An animal thought to have the characteristics of a plant, later specifically an invertebrate of the (former) group Zoophyta, comprising sponges, corals and sea anemones.
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Word DNA
ZOOPHYTES inherits its ancestry from its root, ZOOPHYTE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ZOOPHYTE · 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.
ZOOPHYTES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First found by a player on Day 55, 14 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ZOOPHYTES starts with Z and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHOOPSTYZ - 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 ZOOPHY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found ZOOPHYTES?
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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