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ZYGOTE
Definition of ZYGOTE
noun
A eukaryotic cell formed from the fusion of two gametes (“reproductive cells”) during a fertilization process.
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Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ζῠγωτός (zŭgōtós, “yoked”) + English -ote (suffix meaning ‘having [the thing to which it is attached]’). Ζῠγωτός (Zŭgōtós) is derived from ζῠγόω (zŭgóō, “to join or yoke together”) + -τός (-tós, suffix forming adjectives of possibility); and ζῠγόω (zŭgóō) from ζῠγόν (zŭgón, “yoke for joining animals; anything which joins two things together”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to tie together, join, yoke”)) + -όω (-óō, suffix forming causative or factitive verbs). By surface analysis, zygo- + -ote.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ZYGOTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 138 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 69, 28 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ZYGOTE starts with Z and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGOTYZ - 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 ZYGOTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found ZYGOTE?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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