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CAUTERIZED
Definition of CAUTERIZED
verb
simple past and past participle of cauterize
verb
To burn and hence seal open tissue using a heated article or caustic agent so as to stop bleeding or minimise the risk of infection.
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Word DNA
CAUTERIZED inherits its ancestry from its root, CAUTERIZE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,789)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CAUTERIZE · 3 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.
CAUTERIZED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 60 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
CAUTERIZED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEIRTUZ - 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 CAUTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found CAUTERIZED?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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