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ANDROID
Definition of ANDROID
noun
A robot that is designed to look and act like a human being (not necessarily a male one).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from New Latin androīdēs, from Ancient Greek ἀνδροειδής (androeidḗs, “human-shaped”). By surface analysis, andr- + -oid.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,410)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ANDROID · 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.
ANDROID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANDROID starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADDINOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Could you have found ANDROID?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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