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AUTONOMICS
Definition of AUTONOMICS
noun
The use of self-correcting software systems that automatically detect and fix certain types of error without intervention by a software engineer.
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Word DNA
AUTONOMICS inherits its ancestry from its root, AUTONOMIC.
How it is built
Same root, AUTONOMIC · 1 relative 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.
AUTONOMICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUTONOMICS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACIMNOOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start AUTONO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found AUTONOMICS?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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