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HUMANIZE
Definition of HUMANIZE
verb
To make human; to give or cause to have the fundamental properties of a human.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From human + -ize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HUMAN · 10 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.
HUMANIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 4, 25 May 2026.
Built from these letters
HUMANIZE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEHIMNUZ - 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 HUMANI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HUMANIZE?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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