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POLEMICIZES
Definition of POLEMICIZES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of polemicize
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Word DNA
POLEMICIZES inherits its ancestry from its root, POLEMICIZE.
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POLEMICIZES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 165, 1 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 177, 13 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 165, 1 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POLEMICIZES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEIILMOPSZ - 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 POLEMIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POLEMICIZES?
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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