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BUREAUCRATISE
Definition of BUREAUCRATISE
verb
Alternative form of bureaucratize.
BUREAUCRATIZE
verb
To bring under the control of a bureaucracy; to make bureaucratic.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BUREAUCRATISE · 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.
BUREAUCRATISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUREAUCRATISE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABCEEIRRSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U, R, E and A appear more than once.
Words that start BUREAUCRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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