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PRIVATIZE
Definition of PRIVATIZE
verb
To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From private + -ize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PRIVATE · 13 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.
PRIVATIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 55, 14 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PRIVATIZE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIIPRTVZ - 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 PRIVAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found PRIVATIZE?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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