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FETICHIZED
Definition of FETICHIZED
verb
simple past and past participle of fetichize
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Word DNA
FETICHIZED inherits its ancestry from its root, FETISH.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Portuguese
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,613)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
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.
FETICHIZED 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 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 160, 27 October 2026.
Built from these letters
FETICHIZED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEEFHIITZ - 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 FETICHIZED?
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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