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AUTHORIZES
Definition of AUTHORIZES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of authorize
verb
To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to.
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Word DNA
AUTHORIZES inherits its ancestry from its root, AUTHORIZE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AUTHORIZE · 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.
AUTHORIZES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 160, 27 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUTHORIZES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEHIORSTUZ - 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 AUTHOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AUTHORIZES?
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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