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AUTOCLAVE
Definition of AUTOCLAVE
noun
A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French autoclave, formed with prefix auto- + Latin clavis (“key”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AUTOCLAVE · 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.
AUTOCLAVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 82 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 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
AUTOCLAVE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACELOTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start AUTOCL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found AUTOCLAVE?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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