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ETYMOLOGIZE
Definition of ETYMOLOGIZE
verb
To find or provide the etymology for a word.
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Where it comes from
From etymology + -ize.
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.
ETYMOLOGIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ETYMOLOGIZE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEGILMOOTYZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ETYMOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ETYMOLOGIZE?
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 107 - and most players walked straight past it.
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