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DEMOCRATIZE
Definition of DEMOCRATIZE
verb
To make democratic.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French démocratiser. By surface analysis, democrat(ic) + -ize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,509)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEMOCRATIZE · 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.
DEMOCRATIZE 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 27 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
DEMOCRATIZE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEIMORTZ - 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 DEMOCRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEMOCRATIZE?
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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