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POLEMIZED
Definition of POLEMIZED
verb
simple past and past participle of polemize
POLEMIZE
verb
To attack in speech or in writing.
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Word DNA
POLEMIZED inherits its ancestry from its root, POLEMIZE.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,357)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, POLEMIZE · 2 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.
POLEMIZED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 165, 1 November 2026.
Built from these letters
POLEMIZED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEILMOPZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start POLEMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POLEMIZED?
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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