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PIXELATE
Definition of PIXELATE
verb
To divide an image into pixels, or to display an image in pixels.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
PIXELATE carries 2 further meanings.
transitive verb
To reduce the resolution of (a digital image) by replacing groups of pixels whose values are different with groups of pixels whose values are the same, typically the minimum, maximum, or average value of the original pixels in that group. Images can be pixelated intentionally or as the accidental result of enlarging an image too far.
verb
To transform an image into large pixels in order to hide an identity
Where it comes from
From pixel + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PIXELATE · 3 relatives in the game
PIXELATE in a sentence
“Report analyze the color content of the title side and pixelate the roof of your neighbors house with a photo montage of your favorite child or pet at play.”
Advisor: What should I do with my high school CD collection? Boing Boing, 2010
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PIXELATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 140 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PIXELATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEILPTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PIXELA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found PIXELATE?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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