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AUTOCLAVES
Definition of AUTOCLAVES
noun
plural of autoclave
noun
A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.
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Word DNA
AUTOCLAVES inherits its ancestry from its root, AUTOCLAVE.
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.
AUTOCLAVES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 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 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUTOCLAVES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACELOSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start AUTOCL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found AUTOCLAVES?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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