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AUTOMOBILE
Definition of AUTOMOBILE
noun
A type of motor vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French automobile, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + French mobile (“moving”), from Latin mōbilis (“movable”), equivalent to auto- (“self”) + mobile.
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.
AUTOMOBILE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AUTOMOBILE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEILMOOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start AUTOMO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found AUTOMOBILE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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