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LATERALIZES

11 letters

Definition of LATERALIZES

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of lateralize

LATERALIZE

verb

To localize a function to either the left or right side of the brain

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Word DNA

LATERALIZES inherits its ancestry from its root, LATERALIZE.

How it is built

verbcompound-ize

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Rarity score
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Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

LATERALIZES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 162
Its one board, across 162 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
145
First board
17
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.

First ever to find it

slurpthemtoes

on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

LATERALIZES
11
Letters
5
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

LATERALIZES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEEILLRSTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L, A and E appear more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start LATERAL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

LATERALLATERALSLATERALEDLATERALLYLATERALINGLATERALISELATERALITYLATERALIZELATERALLEDLATERALISEDLATERALISESLATERALIZED

Could you have found LATERALIZES?

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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.

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