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ZUFFOLI

7 letters

Definition of ZUFFOLI

noun

plural of zuffolo

ZUFOLO · via zuffolo

noun

A little flute or flageolet, especially that which is used to teach birds.

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Word DNA

ZUFFOLI inherits its ancestry from its root, ZUFOLO.

Line of descent

  1. Italian
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Italian

Deepest traced root

10th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

1.7%

of traced words share this origin (1,358)

Romance

branch · 12.8% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, ZUFOLO · 3 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ZUFFOLI in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 165
Its one board, across 165 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
145
First board
20
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.

First ever to find it

rogrtheshrubber

on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ZUFFOLI
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ZUFFOLI starts with Z and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read FFILOUZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start ZUFFOL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ZUFFOLI?

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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