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AUTOMAT
Definition of AUTOMAT
noun
A vending machine for food.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Automat, as the system was originally developed in Germany in the late 19th c. Doublet of automaton.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,839)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AUTOMAT · 3 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.
AUTOMAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 173, 9 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUTOMAT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AAMOTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once.
Words that start AUTOMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AUTOMAT?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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