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PATHOLOGIZE
Definition of PATHOLOGIZE
verb
To characterize as a pathology or disease; to characterize (a person) as suffering from a disease.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pathology + -ize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PATHOLOGY · 4 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.
PATHOLOGIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PATHOLOGIZE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGHILOOPTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PATHOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PATHOLOGIZE?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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