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HOSPITALIZE
Definition of HOSPITALIZE
verb
To send to hospital; to admit (a person) to hospital.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hospital + -ize. Piecewise doublet of hotelize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HOSPITAL · 2 relatives 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.
HOSPITALIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 125 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HOSPITALIZE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEHIILOPSTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start HOSPITA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
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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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