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SERIALIZED
Definition of SERIALIZED
verb
simple past and past participle of serialize
verb
To write a television program, novel, or other form of entertainment as a sequence of shorter works with a common story.
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Word DNA
SERIALIZED inherits its ancestry from its root, SERIAL.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SERIAL · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Italian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SERIALIZED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 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
SERIALIZED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEEIILRSZ - 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.
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 SERIAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found SERIALIZED?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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