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AUTOCRACY
Definition of AUTOCRACY
noun
A form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From auto- + -cracy, from Ancient Greek αὐτοκρατία (autokratía, “A system of government by one person with absolute power.”), from αὐτός (autós, “single, self, same, alone”) + κράτος (krátos, “power”) + -ία (-ía, “feminine abstract nouns suffix”); see also Ancient Greek αὐτοκρατής (autokratḗs, “one who governs alone”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,332)
branch · 12.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AUTOCRACY · 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.
AUTOCRACY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 131, 28 September 2026.
Built from these letters
AUTOCRACY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACCORTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and C appear more than once.
Words that start AUTOCR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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