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REALIZATION
Definition of REALIZATION
noun
The act of realizing, as: An act of figuring out or becoming aware.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French réalisation, from Middle French; equivalent to realize + -ation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (830)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, REALIZATION · 1 relative 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.
REALIZATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 53 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REALIZATION starts with R and ends with N. 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 REALIZA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found REALIZATION?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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