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AUTARCHY
Definition of AUTARCHY
noun
A condition of absolute power.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin autarchia, from Koine Greek αὐταρχία (autarkhía, “absolute power, sovereignty, autocracy”), from αὔταρχος (aútarkhos, “autocratic”), from αὐτ- (aut-, “self”) + ἄρχω (árkhō, “to rule, govern”).
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.
AUTARCHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
AUTARCHY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACHRTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start AUTARC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found AUTARCHY?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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