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AUTOCIDE
Definition of AUTOCIDE
noun
Control of a pest through propagation of sterile males.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From auto- (“self”) + -cide (“killing”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, AUTOCIDE · 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.
AUTOCIDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 142, 9 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 142, 9 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUTOCIDE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found AUTOCIDE?
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 142 - and most players walked straight past it.
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