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MORALIZE
Definition of MORALIZE
verb
To make moral reflections (on, upon, about or over something); to regard acts and events as involving a moral.
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Where it comes from
From Old French moraliser, equivalent to moral + -ize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,358)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MORALIZE · 5 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.
MORALIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 56 days.
First found by a player on Day 64, 23 July 2026.
Built from these letters
MORALIZE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEILMORZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start MORALI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MORALIZE?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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