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AUTOLYZES
Definition of AUTOLYZES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of autolyze
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Word DNA
AUTOLYZES inherits its ancestry from its root, AUTOLYZE.
How it is built
Same root, AUTOLYZE · 2 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.
AUTOLYZES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First found by a player on Day 64, 23 July 2026.
Built from these letters
AUTOLYZES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AELOSTUYZ - 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.
Could you have found AUTOLYZES?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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