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AUTOCEPHALOUS
Definition of AUTOCEPHALOUS
adjective
Fully independent of the authority of any other church.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek αὐτοκέφαλος (autoképhalos), from αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”). By surface analysis, auto- + -cephalous.
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.
AUTOCEPHALOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUTOCEPHALOUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACEHLOOPSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, U and O appear more than once.
Words that start AUTOCEPHA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found AUTOCEPHALOUS?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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