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AUTHORS
Definition of AUTHORS
noun
plural of author
noun
The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.
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Word DNA
AUTHORS inherits its ancestry from its root, AUTHOR.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (340)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AUTHOR · 3 relatives 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.
AUTHORS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 44, 3 July 2026.
Built from these letters
AUTHORS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AHORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start AUTHOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found AUTHORS?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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