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ZYGOMORPHIC
Definition of ZYGOMORPHIC
adjective
Having bilateral symmetry.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From zygo- + -morphic.
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.
ZYGOMORPHIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 69, 28 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 47 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZYGOMORPHIC starts with Z and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CGHIMOOPRYZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ZYGOMOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found ZYGOMORPHIC?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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