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ZYMOLOGIST
Definition of ZYMOLOGIST
noun
One who is skilled in zymology, or in the fermentation of liquors.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From zymology + -ist.
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.
ZYMOLOGIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZYMOLOGIST starts with Z and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read GILMOOSTYZ - 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 ZYMOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ZYMOLOGIST?
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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