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MONGRELIZED
Definition of MONGRELIZED
verb
simple past and past participle of mongrelize
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Word DNA
MONGRELIZED inherits its ancestry from its root, MONGREL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,679)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MONGREL · 6 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.
MONGRELIZED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MONGRELIZED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEGILMNORZ - 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 MONGREL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MONGRELIZED?
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 107 - and most players walked straight past it.
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