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SANITIZE
Definition of SANITIZE
verb
To rid of microorganisms by cleaning or disinfecting.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sanitary. By surface analysis, sanity + -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.
SANITIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 107, 4 September 2026.
Built from these letters
SANITIZE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIINSTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SANITI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SANITIZE?
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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