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CATEGORIZES
Definition of CATEGORIZES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of categorize
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Word DNA
CATEGORIZES inherits its ancestry from its root, CATEGORIZE.
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CATEGORIZES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CATEGORIZES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEEGIORSTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start CATEGOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CATEGORIZES?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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