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BOWDLERIZING
Definition of BOWDLERIZING
verb
present participle and gerund of bowdlerize
verb
To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.
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Word DNA
BOWDLERIZING 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.
BOWDLERIZING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 177, 13 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
BOWDLERIZING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BDEGIILNORWZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start BOWDLERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOWDLERIZING?
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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