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ADZES
Definition of ADZES
noun
plural of adze
noun
A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood.
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Other senses
ADZES carries 2 further meanings.
noun
Plural form of adze.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adze.
Word DNA
ADZES inherits its ancestry from its root, ADZE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,293)
How it is built
Same root, ADZE · 5 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ADZES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 223 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ADZES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADESZ - 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.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found ADZES?
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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