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ANATOMIZED
Definition of ANATOMIZED
verb
simple past and past participle of anatomize
verb
To cut up or dissect (the body of a human being or an animal), specifically for the purpose of investigating its anatomy. To punish (someone) by post mortem dissection following execution. To cut up or dissect (a plant or one of its parts) to investigate its structure. To scrutinize (something) down to the most minute detail.
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Word DNA
ANATOMIZED inherits its ancestry from its root, ANATOMIZE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,506)
How it is built
Same root, ANATOMIZE · 7 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.
ANATOMIZED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANATOMIZED starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADEIMNOTZ - 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.
Words that start ANATOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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