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LYRICIZE
Definition of LYRICIZE
verb
To make lyrical; to treat in a poetically sentimental or emotional manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lyric + -ize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LYRIC · 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.
LYRICIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 160, 27 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LYRICIZE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEIILRYZ - 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 LYRICI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LYRICIZE?
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 160 - and most players walked straight past it.
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