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SUBOPTIMIZED
Definition of SUBOPTIMIZED
verb
simple past and past participle of suboptimize
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SUBOPTIMIZED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 43 days.
First found by a player on Day 68, 27 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SUBOPTIMIZED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEIIMOPSTUZ - 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 SUBOPTIM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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