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AUTHORITY
Definition of AUTHORITY
noun
Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English auctorite, autorite (“authority, book or quotation that settles an argument”), from Old French auctorité, from Latin stem of auctōritās (“invention, advice, opinion, influence, command”), from auctor (“master, leader, author”). For the presence of the h, compare the etymology of author.
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.
AUTHORITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUTHORITY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AHIORTTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start AUTHOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AUTHORITY?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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