The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
AUTOMOTIVE
Definition of AUTOMOTIVE
adjective
Having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From auto- + motive.
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.
AUTOMOTIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUTOMOTIVE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIMOOTTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and O appear more than once.
Words that start AUTOMO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AUTOMOTIVE?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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