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ROMANISE
Definition of ROMANISE
verb
Alternative spelling of romanize.
ROMANIZE
verb
To put letters or words written in another writing system into the Latin (Roman) alphabet.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ROMANISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 133, 30 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROMANISE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIMNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 ROMANI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ROMANISE?
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 133 - and most players walked straight past it.
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