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AMORTIZING
Definition of AMORTIZING
verb
present participle and gerund of amortize
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Word DNA
AMORTIZING inherits its ancestry from its root, AMORTIZE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AMORTIZE · 3 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.
AMORTIZING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 43 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AMORTIZING starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGIIMNORTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start AMORTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found AMORTIZING?
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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