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CREOLIZATION
Definition of CREOLIZATION
noun
the process of a pidgin rapidly expanding its vocabulary and grammatical rules, ultimately becoming a creole.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From creole + -ization.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CREOLIZATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 160, 27 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CREOLIZATION starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEIILNOORTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found CREOLIZATION?
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 160 - and most players walked straight past it.
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