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FANATICISED
Definition of FANATICISED
verb
simple past and past participle of fanaticise
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Word DNA
FANATICISED inherits its ancestry from its root, FANATIC.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,297)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FANATIC · 6 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.
FANATICISED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 81, 9 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FANATICISED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACDEFIINST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start FANATIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FANATICISED?
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 81 - and most players walked straight past it.
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