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METALLIZE
Definition of METALLIZE
verb
To coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From metal + -ize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
METALLIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
METALLIZE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEILLMTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and L appear more than once, including a double letter. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start METALL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found METALLIZE?
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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