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MICRONISE
Definition of MICRONISE
verb
To reduce in size, often to micrometre scale.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From micron + -ise.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MICRON · 3 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.
MICRONISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 108, 5 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MICRONISE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEIIMNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MICRON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MICRONISE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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