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PERIODIZE
Definition of PERIODIZE
verb
To divide (history) into periods.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From period + -ize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PERIODIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 125, 22 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
PERIODIZE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEEIIOPRZ - 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 PERIOD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PERIODIZE?
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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