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FOCALIZATION
Definition of FOCALIZATION
noun
The perspective through which a narrative is presented.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From focal + -ization or focalize + -ation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FOCAL · 12 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.
FOCALIZATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 160, 27 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 160, 27 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOCALIZATION starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACFIILNOOTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O, A and I appear more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found FOCALIZATION?
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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