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ZOYSIA
Definition of ZOYSIA
noun
Any member of species of the genus (Zoysia) of creeping perennial grasses of southern Asia and New Zealand having fine, wiry leaves and including some suitable for lawn grasses, especially in warm regions.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
After Karl von Zois zu Laubach, Austrian botanist.
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.
ZOYSIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 125, 22 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZOYSIA starts with Z and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AIOSYZ - 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.
Words that start ZOYSIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ZOYSIA?
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 107 - and most players walked straight past it.
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