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UNIVERSALIZE
Definition of UNIVERSALIZE
verb
To make universal, to make consistent or common across all cases.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From universal + -ize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, UNIVERSALIZE · 1 relative 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.
UNIVERSALIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNIVERSALIZE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEIILNRSUVZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start UNIVERSA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found UNIVERSALIZE?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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