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VELARIZE
Definition of VELARIZE
verb
To raise the back of the tongue toward the velum while articulating another consonant, such as the l of English pool.
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Where it comes from
From velar + -ize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VELARIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 125, 22 September 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
VELARIZE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEILRVZ - 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 VELARI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VELARIZE?
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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