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PYROLIZES
Definition of PYROLIZES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of pyrolize
PYROLYSE · via pyrolize
verb
To undergo pyrolysis.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PYROLIZE · 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.
PYROLIZES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PYROLIZES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EILOPRSYZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PYROLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PYROLIZES?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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