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NORMALIZE
Definition of NORMALIZE
verb
To make normal, to bring into alignment with an established standard.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From normal + -ize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NORMALIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NORMALIZE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEILMNORZ - 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 NORMAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NORMALIZE?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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