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AUTOLOGICAL
Definition of AUTOLOGICAL
adjective
Possessing the property it describes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From German autologisch, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”), by surface analysis, autology + -ical.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- German
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,094)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AUTOLOGICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUTOLOGICAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACGILLOOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, O and L appear more than once.
Words that start AUTOLOG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AUTOLOGICAL?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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