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AUTARKY
Definition of AUTARKY
noun
A personal condition or state of self-reliance; independence.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτᾰ́ρκειᾰ (autắrkeiă, “independence, self-sufficiency, autarky; satisfaction with one’s resources, contentment”) + English -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a condition, quality, or state). Αὐτᾰ́ρκειᾰ (Autắrkeiă) is derived from αὐτάρκης (autárkēs, “self-sufficient; content with what one has”) + -ειᾰ (-eiă, suffix forming feminine nouns); while αὐτάρκης (autárkēs) is from αὐτο- (auto-, prefix meaning ‘self’) + ᾰ̓ρκέω (ărkéō, “to be enough for, satisfy, suffice; (passive) to be satisfied with”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk- (“to guard, protect; to hold; to lock”)) + -ης (-ēs, suffix forming third-declension adjectives).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,259)
How it is built
Same root, AUTARKY · 3 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AUTARKY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 59, 18 July 2026.
Built from these letters
AUTARKY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AAKRTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start AUTARK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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