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FINALIZE
Definition of FINALIZE
verb
To make final or firm; to finish or complete.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From final + -ize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FINALIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FINALIZE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEFIILNZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start FINALI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found FINALIZE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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