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CANONISE
Definition of CANONISE
verb
Non-Oxford British English spelling of canonize.
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Where it comes from
See canonize; analysable as canon + -ise.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CANONIZE · 4 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.
CANONISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CANONISE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEINNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start CANONI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CANONISE?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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