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PETRIFY
Definition of PETRIFY
verb
To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
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Where it comes from
From Middle French pétrifier, from Medieval Latin petrificāre, from Latin petra (“rock”), from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “rock”) + -ficāre, from facere (“do, make”), equivalent to petro- + -ify.
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.
PETRIFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PETRIFY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EFIPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PETRIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found PETRIFY?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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