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BOWDLERIZE
Definition of BOWDLERIZE
verb
To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.
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Where it comes from
From Bowdler + -ize; named after English physician Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825). In 1818, he published a censored version of William Shakespeare (The Family Shakespeare), expurgating “those words and expressions […] which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family.”
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.
BOWDLERIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOWDLERIZE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BDEEILORWZ - 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 BOWDLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOWDLERIZE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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