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ZOOTYPE
Definition of ZOOTYPE
noun
A proposed archetype of the form of all animals, based not on a shared body plan but on conserved molecular homologies.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From zoo- + type. In the biological sense, by analogy with phylotype.
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.
ZOOTYPE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 56 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
ZOOTYPE starts with Z and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EOOPTYZ - 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.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found ZOOTYPE?
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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