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METALLISE
Definition of METALLISE
verb
Non-Oxford British spelling of metallize.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From metal + -ise.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, METAL · 25 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.
METALLISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
METALLISE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEILLMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start METALL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found METALLISE?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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