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PRIVATISED
Definition of PRIVATISED
verb
simple past and past participle of privatise
PRIVATIZE · via privatise
verb
To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry.
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Word DNA
PRIVATISED inherits its ancestry from its root, PRIVATE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,700)
How it is built
Same root, PRIVATE · 13 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PRIVATISED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PRIVATISED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEIIPRSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PRIVAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
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