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METALISED
Definition of METALISED
verb
simple past and past participle of metalise
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Word DNA
METALISED inherits its ancestry from its root, METAL.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,104)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, METAL · 21 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.
METALISED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 99, 27 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 99, 27 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
METALISED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEEILMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start METALI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found METALISED?
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 99 - and most players walked straight past it.
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