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HYPERBOLIZED
Definition of HYPERBOLIZED
verb
simple past and past participle of hyperbolize
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Word DNA
HYPERBOLIZED inherits its ancestry from its root, HYPERBOLE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,655)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HYPERBOLE · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Proto-Indo-European.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HYPERBOLIZED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 125, 22 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 177, 13 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 125, 22 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYPERBOLIZED starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEEHILOPRYZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start HYPERBOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HYPERBOLIZED?
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 125 - and most players walked straight past it.
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