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FETICHIZE
Definition of FETICHIZE
verb
Archaic spelling of fetishize.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fetich + -ize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FETISH · 21 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.
FETICHIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 160, 27 October 2026.
Built from these letters
FETICHIZE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEFHIITZ - 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 FETICH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FETICHIZE?
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 160 - and most players walked straight past it.
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