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ZOUNDS
Definition of ZOUNDS
interjection
Expressing anger, surprise, assertion etc.
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Other senses
ZOUNDS carries 3 further meanings.
interjection
Used to express anger, surprise, or indignation.
An exclamation formerly used as an oath or as an expression of anger or wonder.
interjection
An exclamation formerly used as an oath, and an expression of anger or wonder.
Where it comes from
Minced form of God's wounds, with reference to the wounds from Christ's crucifixion. Compare strewth, blimey, gadzooks, 'sblood, crikey.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
ZOUNDS in a sentence
“When you go home tonight, roll some twenty siders with friends, use the word "zounds" in a sentence, then leaf through the 1E Dungeon Master's Guide and marvel at the breadth of the man's imagination.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ZOUNDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 346 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ZOUNDS starts with Z and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DNOSUZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found ZOUNDS?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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