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AUTOCLAVED
Definition of AUTOCLAVED
adjective
That has been heated, treated, or sterilized in an autoclave.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AUTOCLAVED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 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
AUTOCLAVED starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACDELOTUV - 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 41
Could you have found AUTOCLAVED?
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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