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VULCANISE

9 letters

Definition of VULCANISE

verb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of vulcanize.

VULCANIZE

verb

To treat rubber with heat and (usually) sulfur to harden it and make it more durable.

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Other senses

VULCANISE carries 3 further meanings.

  1. verb

    Alternative spelling of vulcanize.

  2. verb

    subject to vulcanization

  3. verb

    undergo vulcanization

Word DNA

How it is built

verb

Same root, VULCANISE · 1 relative in the game

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VULCANISE in a sentence

“Even if the DOT code already tells experts the tyre's country of origin, providers of quality products, such as Continental, vulcanise "Made in …" onto each tyre to identify the country of origin.”

Automotive Headlines, 2008

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

VULCANISE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 103 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 150
Its 38 boards, across 150 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
38
Boards found on
46
First board
150
Latest board
8
Longest gap, days

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

synzia

on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

VULCANISE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

VULCANISE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEILNSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start VULCAN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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