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IRONISE
Definition of IRONISE
verb
Alternative spelling of ironize.
IRONIZE
verb
To use irony.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, IRONISE · 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.
IRONISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 129, 26 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IRONISE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIINORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start IRONIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IRONISE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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