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AMAZE
Definition of AMAZE
verb
To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise.
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Where it comes from
The verb is derived from Middle English *amasen, *amase (“to bewilder, perplex”) (attested chiefly in the past participle form, and thus often difficult to distinguish from amased (adjective)), from Old English āmasian (“to confuse, astonish”), from ā- (perfective prefix) + *masian (“to confound, confuse, perplex; to amaze”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon, signal”)). The English word is analysable as a- (intensifying prefix) + maze (“(archaic) to astonish, amaze, bewilder; to daze, stupefy”). The noun is derived from Late Middle English amase, from the verb: see above.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AMAZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 93 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AMAZE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEMZ - 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.
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Also seen on Day 29
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