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EUPHEMIZE
Definition of EUPHEMIZE
verb
To utter one or more euphemisms; to speak euphemistically.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from euphemism with the suffix -ize. Compare Ancient Greek εὐφημίζω (euphēmízō).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EUPHEMIZE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EUPHEMIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 176, 12 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 176, 12 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EUPHEMIZE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEEHIMPUZ - 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 EUPHEM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EUPHEMIZE?
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 176 - and most players walked straight past it.
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