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CREOLIZE
Definition of CREOLIZE
verb
To cause a pidgin language rapidly expanding in vocabulary and grammatical rules to become ultimately a creole.
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Where it comes from
From creole + -ize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CREOLIZE · 1 relative 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.
CREOLIZE 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
CREOLIZE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEILORZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start CREOLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CREOLIZE?
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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