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ELASTICIZE
Definition of ELASTICIZE
verb
To make (clothing, etc.) with elastic, by attaching elastic bands, so it can be adjusted while maintaining a snug fit.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From elastic + -ize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ELASTICIZE · 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.
ELASTICIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 115 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
ELASTICIZE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEIILSTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ELASTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found ELASTICIZE?
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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