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BOWDLERIZES
Definition of BOWDLERIZES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of bowdlerize
verb
To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.
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Word DNA
BOWDLERIZES inherits its ancestry from its root, BOWDLERIZE.
How it is built
Same root, BOWDLERIZE · 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.
BOWDLERIZES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First found by a player on Day 68, 27 July 2026.
Built from these letters
BOWDLERIZES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDEEILORSWZ - 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 BOWDLER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOWDLERIZES?
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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