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SERIALIZE
Definition of SERIALIZE
verb
To write a television program, novel, or other form of entertainment as a sequence of shorter works with a common story.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From serial + -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.
SERIALIZE 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 14 days.
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
SERIALIZE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEIILRSZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SERIAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SERIALIZE?
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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