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MODERNIZES
Definition of MODERNIZES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of modernize
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MODERNIZES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 67 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MODERNIZES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEEIMNORSZ - 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.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MODERN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found MODERNIZES?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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