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AUTOMAGIC
Definition of AUTOMAGIC
noun
A process carried out automatically in such a clever way that the result appears to be magic.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of automatic + magic; from the principle (often called Clarke's third law) that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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.
AUTOMAGIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AUTOMAGIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACGIMOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start AUTOMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found AUTOMAGIC?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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