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AUTHORIZING
Definition of AUTHORIZING
verb
present participle and gerund 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
AUTHORIZING 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
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AUTHORIZE · 2 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.
AUTHORIZING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 45 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUTHORIZING starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGHIINORTUZ - 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 AUTHORI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AUTHORIZING?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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