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ZOOTER
Definition of ZOOTER
noun
A type of ball bowled by a leg break bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce.
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Where it comes from
From zoot (“rush, scoot”) + -er (agent noun suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ZOOT · 2 relatives 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.
ZOOTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 160, 27 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZOOTER starts with Z and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EOORTZ - 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 ZOOTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ZOOTER?
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 160 - and most players walked straight past it.
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