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CHANNELIZED
Definition of CHANNELIZED
verb
simple past and past participle of channelize
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Word DNA
CHANNELIZED inherits its ancestry from its root, CHANNEL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
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.
CHANNELIZED 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 17 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
CHANNELIZED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEHILNNZ - 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 CHANNEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHANNELIZED?
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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