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BALKANIZE
Definition of BALKANIZE
verb
Alternative letter-case form of Balkanize.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BALKANIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 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
BALKANIZE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABEIKLNZ - 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 BALKAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BALKANIZE?
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 107 - and most players walked straight past it.
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