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TEMPORISE
Definition of TEMPORISE
verb
Alternative spelling of temporize.
verb
To deliberately act evasively or prolong a discussion in order to gain time or postpone a decision, sometimes so that a compromise can be reached or simply to make a conversation more temperate; to stall for time.
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Word DNA
TEMPORISE inherits its ancestry from its root, TEMPORIZE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,166)
How it is built
Same root, TEMPORIZE · 3 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TEMPORISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TEMPORISE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEIMOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 TEMPOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TEMPORISE?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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