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OPALIZED
Definition of OPALIZED
verb
simple past and past participle of opalize
OPALIZE
verb
To convert into a form of opal or chalcedony, especially to convert wood into such a fossilized form.
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Word DNA
OPALIZED inherits its ancestry from its root, OPAL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (795)
branch · 1.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OPAL · 10 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.
OPALIZED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 125, 22 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 125, 22 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OPALIZED starts with O and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEILOPZ - 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.
Could you have found OPALIZED?
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 125 - and most players walked straight past it.
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