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BACTERIZE
Definition of BACTERIZE
verb
To treat with bacteria.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bacteria + -ize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BACTERIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BACTERIZE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCEEIRTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start BACTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BACTERIZE?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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