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ANODIZER
Definition of ANODIZER
noun
One who or that which anodizes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From anodize + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ANODE · 10 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.
ANODIZER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 160, 27 October 2026.
Built from these letters
ANODIZER starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEINORZ - 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.
Words that start ANODIZ
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ANODIZER?
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 160 - and most players walked straight past it.
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