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ETYMOLOGISE
Definition of ETYMOLOGISE
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of etymologize.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From etymology + -ise.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ETYMOLOGISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 82, 10 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ETYMOLOGISE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEGILMOOSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ETYMOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found ETYMOLOGISE?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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