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SPECIALIZE
Definition of SPECIALIZE
verb
To make distinct or separate from what is common, particularly: To go into specific details. To specify: to mention specifically. To narrow in scope. To make distinct or separate due to form or function.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From special + -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.
SPECIALIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 93 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPECIALIZE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEIILPSZ - 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 SPECIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found SPECIALIZE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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