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CHROMATISING

12 letters

Definition of CHROMATISING

verb

present participle and gerund of chromatise

CHROMATIZE · via chromatise

verb

To treat a metal surface with chromate

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Word DNA

How it is built

verb

Same root, CHROMATISE · 2 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
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Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CHROMATISING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 176, 12 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

jdcook

on Day 176, 12 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CHROMATISING
12
Letters
4
Vowels
8
Consonants
11
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CHROMATISING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGHIIMNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start CHROMATI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CHROMATISING?

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 176 - and most players walked straight past it.

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