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FOCALIZED
Definition of FOCALIZED
verb
simple past and past participle of focalize
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Word DNA
FOCALIZED inherits its ancestry from its root, FOCAL.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
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.
FOCALIZED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FOCALIZED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEFILOZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start FOCALI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found FOCALIZED?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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