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TEMPORIZES
Definition of TEMPORIZES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative 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
TEMPORIZES 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
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,281)
How it is built
Same root, TEMPORIZE · 8 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.
TEMPORIZES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 176, 12 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 177, 13 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 176, 12 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TEMPORIZES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEIMOPRSTZ - 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 TEMPOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TEMPORIZES?
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