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FORMALIZES
Definition of FORMALIZES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of formalize
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Word DNA
FORMALIZES inherits its ancestry from its root, FORMALIZE.
How it is built
Same root, FORMALIZE · 1 relative 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.
FORMALIZES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORMALIZES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEFILMORSZ - 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 FORMALIZES?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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