The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FORMALIZED
Definition of FORMALIZED
verb
simple past and past participle of formalize
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FORMALIZED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORMALIZED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEFILMORZ - 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 FORMAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FORMALIZED?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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