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FORMALIZATION
Definition of FORMALIZATION
noun
The act of formalizing something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From formal + -ization.
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.
FORMALIZATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORMALIZATION starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAFIILMNOORTZ - 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.
Words that start FORMALIZA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FORMALIZATION?
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 107 - and most players walked straight past it.
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