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COLORIZED
Definition of COLORIZED
verb
simple past and past participle of colorize
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Word DNA
COLORIZED inherits its ancestry from its root, COLOR.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COLOR · 49 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COLORIZED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COLORIZED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEILOORZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start COLORI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found COLORIZED?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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