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SOLECIZE

/ˈsɒlɪsaɪz/8 letters

Definition of SOLECIZE

verb

To commit a solecism.

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Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek σολοικίζω (soloikízō).

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Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.4%

of traced words share this origin (10,337)

Hellenic

branch · 12.4% of traced words

How it is built

verb3 syllables

Same root, SOLECIZE · 3 relatives in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SOLECIZE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 169
Its 2 boards, across 169 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
160
First board
165
Latest board
5
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 160, 27 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

cat_or_pillar

on Day 160, 27 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SOLECIZE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SOLECIZE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEILOSZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start SOLECI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SOLECISESOLECISMSOLECISTSOLECISEDSOLECISESSOLECISMSSOLECISTSSOLECIZEDSOLECIZESSOLECISINGSOLECISTICSOLECIZING

Could you have found SOLECIZE?

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 160 - and most players walked straight past it.

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