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GLITZED
Definition of GLITZED
Wiktionary has no entry for GLITZED itself. This is its base word, GLITZ.
noun
Garish, brilliant showiness.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for GLITZ.
Back-formation from glitzy, in turn from German glitzern (“glint”). Cognate with Old Norse glitra, glita (“glitter”) and Gothic 𐌲𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (glitmunjan, “glisten”).
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.
GLITZED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First found by a player on Day 64, 23 July 2026.
Built from these letters
GLITZED starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEGILTZ - 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.
Could you have found GLITZED?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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