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EPITOMIZE
Definition of EPITOMIZE
verb
To make an epitome of; to shorten; to condense.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From epitome + -ize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EPITOME · 10 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.
EPITOMIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 92 days.
Built from these letters
EPITOMIZE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEIIMOPTZ - 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 EPITOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EPITOMIZE?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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