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PULVERISE
Definition of PULVERISE
verb
To render into dust or powder.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
PULVERISE carries 4 further meanings.
verb
To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder.
verb
To defeat soundly, thrash.
verb
To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.
verb
destroy completely
“demolish your enemies”
Where it comes from
From Middle English pulverizen, from Latin pulverizō, pulverizāre, from pulvis (“powder”). Compare French pulvériser. By surface analysis, pulver (“powder”) + -ise.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,643)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PULVERISE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PULVERISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 203 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PULVERISE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEILPRSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PULVER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found PULVERISE?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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