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AUTOMATION
Definition of AUTOMATION
noun
The act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From automatic + -ion or automaton + -ion; coined by a Ford Executive Vice President, Delmar S. Harder, in the 1940s.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, AUTOMATIC · 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.
AUTOMATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUTOMATION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAIMNOOTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, T and O appear more than once.
Words that start AUTOMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AUTOMATION?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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