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PEDANTICIZE

11 letters

Definition of PEDANTICIZE

verb

To be a pedant.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From pedantic + -ize.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

verbcompound-ize

Same root, PEDANT · 13 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PEDANTICIZE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 169
Its one board, across 169 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
165
First board
4
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

cagey

on Day 165, 1 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PEDANTICIZE
11
Letters
5
Vowels
6
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PEDANTICIZE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEIINPTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start PEDANTI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found PEDANTICIZE?

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 165 - and most players walked straight past it.

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