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ACHROMATIZES

12 letters

Definition of ACHROMATIZES

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of achromatize

ACHROMATIZE

verb

To deprive of colour; to make achromatic.

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Word DNA

ACHROMATIZES inherits its ancestry from its root, ACHROMATIZE.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

12.6%

of traced words share this origin (3,666)

Hellenic

branch · 12.6% of traced words

How it is built

verbcompound

Same root, ACHROMATIZE · 2 relatives in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Tier
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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.

ACHROMATIZES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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

It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

celtsarehere

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

Built from these letters

ACHROMATIZES
12
Letters
5
Vowels
7
Consonants
11
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ACHROMATIZES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACEHIMORSTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start ACHROMAT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ACHROMATIZES?

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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