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FETISHIZE
Definition of FETISHIZE
verb
To make the subject of (often sexual) obsession.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fetish + -ize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FETISHIZE · 1 relative 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.
FETISHIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 4, 25 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FETISHIZE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEFHIISTZ - 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 FETISH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found FETISHIZE?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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