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ADULTERIZE
Definition of ADULTERIZE
verb
To commit adultery.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From adultery + -ize.
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.
ADULTERIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.
First found by a player on Day 68, 27 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ADULTERIZE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEILRTUZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ADULTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ADULTERIZE?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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