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CHANNELIZE
Definition of CHANNELIZE
verb
To form a channel, especially by deepening or altering the course of a river.
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Where it comes from
From channel + -ize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CHANNEL · 8 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.
CHANNELIZE 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 23 days.
Built from these letters
CHANNELIZE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHILNNZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and E appear more than once, including a double letter. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start CHANNE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHANNELIZE?
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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