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CATALYZE
Definition of CATALYZE
verb
To bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CATALYZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CATALYZE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACELTYZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start CATALY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CATALYZE?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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