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AUTOCEPHALIES
Definition of AUTOCEPHALIES
noun
plural of autocephaly
noun
The condition where a church's leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no longer report to a higher authority.
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Word DNA
AUTOCEPHALIES inherits its ancestry from its root, AUTOCEPHALY.
How it is built
Same root, AUTOCEPHALY · 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.
AUTOCEPHALIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUTOCEPHALIES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACEEHILOPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start AUTOCEPHA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AUTOCEPHALIES?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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