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SUBTILIZED
Definition of SUBTILIZED
verb
simple past and past participle of subtilize
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Word DNA
SUBTILIZED inherits its ancestry from its root, SUBTILIZE.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,548)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SUBTILIZE · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SUBTILIZED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 125, 22 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 177, 13 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 125, 22 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUBTILIZED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEIILSTUZ - 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 SUBTIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUBTILIZED?
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 125 - and most players walked straight past it.
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