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CUSTOMIZE
Definition of CUSTOMIZE
verb
To build or alter according to personal preferences or specifications.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From custom + -ize. First attested in 1934 in American English.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CUSTOM · 5 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.
CUSTOMIZE 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 22 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
CUSTOMIZE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEIMOSTUZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start CUSTOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CUSTOMIZE?
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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