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FORMALISING
Definition of FORMALISING
verb
present participle and gerund of formalise
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Word DNA
FORMALISING inherits its ancestry from its root, FORMALISE.
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FORMALISING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORMALISING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AFGIILMNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start FORMALI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found FORMALISING?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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