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BASTARDIZE
Definition of BASTARDIZE
verb
To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bastard + -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.
BASTARDIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 81 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BASTARDIZE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABDEIRSTZ - 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 BASTAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found BASTARDIZE?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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