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AUTECOLOGIES
Definition of AUTECOLOGIES
noun
plural of autecology
noun
one of two broad subdivisions of ecology, which studies the individual organism or species.
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Word DNA
AUTECOLOGIES inherits its ancestry from its root, AUTECOLOGY.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Ancient Greek
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AUTECOLOGY · 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.
AUTECOLOGIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUTECOLOGIES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEEGILOOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.
Words that start AUTECOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AUTECOLOGIES?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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