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VOCALISE
Definition of VOCALISE
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of vocalize.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
VOCALISE carries 4 further meanings.
noun
An exercise or study for singers, usually without words. Compare solfeggio.
verb
Alternative spelling of vocalize.
noun
a vocal exercise sung in one or more vowels without actually forming any words
verb
utter with vibrating vocal chords
Where it comes from
From vocal + -ise.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, VOCALISE · 2 relatives in the game
VOCALISE in a sentence
“"But that piece in particular struck me as a kind of vocalise," Siegel says.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VOCALISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 92 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VOCALISE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEILOSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VOCALI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found VOCALISE?
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