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PLASTICIZE
Definition of PLASTICIZE
verb
To make something more plastic, especially by adding a plasticizer
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From plastic + -ize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PLASTIC · 6 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.
PLASTICIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLASTICIZE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEIILPSTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PLASTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found PLASTICIZE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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