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METHODIZES
Definition of METHODIZES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of methodize
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Word DNA
METHODIZES inherits its ancestry from its root, METHODIZE.
How it is built
Same root, METHODIZE · 1 relative 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.
METHODIZES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 177, 13 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 177, 13 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
METHODIZES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEEHIMOSTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start METHOD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found METHODIZES?
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 177 - and most players walked straight past it.
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