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ALCOHOLIZED
Definition of ALCOHOLIZED
verb
simple past and past participle of alcoholize
verb
To convert into alcohol by fermentation, or to increase the concentration of alcohol by rectification
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Word DNA
ALCOHOLIZED inherits its ancestry from its root, ALCOHOL.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,122)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ALCOHOL · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALCOHOLIZED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALCOHOLIZED starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEHILLOOZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and O appear more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ALCOHOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALCOHOLIZED?
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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