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LIONIZE
Definition of LIONIZE
verb
To treat (a person) as if they were important, or a celebrity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lion + -ize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LION · 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.
LIONIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
LIONIZE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIILNOZ - 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 LIONIZ
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found LIONIZE?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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