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CEPHALIZATION
Definition of CEPHALIZATION
noun
An evolutionary trend in which the neural and sense organs become centralized at one end (the head) of an animal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cephal- + -ization.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CEPHALIZATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 125, 22 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 125, 22 September 2026.
Built from these letters
CEPHALIZATION starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACEHIILNOPTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found CEPHALIZATION?
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 125 - and most players walked straight past it.
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