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DECARBONIZE
Definition of DECARBONIZE
verb
To remove carbon from something. To clean hard sooty deposits from inside an internal combustion engine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From de- + carbonize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DECARBONIZE · 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.
DECARBONIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DECARBONIZE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCDEEINORZ - 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 DECARBO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found DECARBONIZE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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