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FERTILIZE
Definition of FERTILIZE
verb
To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French fertiliser; equivalent to fertile + -ize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,301)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FERTILIZE · 5 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.
FERTILIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 95 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FERTILIZE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEFIILRTZ - 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 FERTIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FERTILIZE?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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