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RATIONALIZE
Definition of RATIONALIZE
verb
To make something rational or more rational.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French rationaliser. By surface analysis, rational + -ize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RATIONALIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RATIONALIZE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEIILNORTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RATIONA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RATIONALIZE?
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 107 - and most players walked straight past it.
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