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CATEGORISE
Definition of CATEGORISE
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of categorize.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From category + -ise.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CATEGORY · 5 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.
CATEGORISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 93, 21 August 2026.
Built from these letters
CATEGORISE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEGIORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CATEGO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found CATEGORISE?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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