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ZOOTAXIES
Definition of ZOOTAXIES
Wiktionary has no entry for ZOOTAXIES itself. This is its base word, ZOOTAXY.
noun
The scientific classification of animals.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ZOOTAXIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZOOTAXIES starts with Z and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEIOOSTXZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses Z and X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ZOOTAX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ZOOTAXIES?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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