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AUTOLYZE
Definition of AUTOLYZE
verb
To destroy itself: to be destroyed by its own enzymes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From auto- + lyze.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AUTOLYZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 69, 28 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AUTOLYZE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AELOTUYZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start AUTOLY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found AUTOLYZE?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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