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AUTONOMY
Definition of AUTONOMY
noun
The right or condition of self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτονομῐ́ᾱ (autonomĭ́ā, “freedom to use its own laws, independence”), from αὐτόνομος (autónomos, “living under one's own laws, independent”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, “-y, -ia”, nominal suffix). By surface analysis, auto- (“self”) + -nomy (“a system of rules or laws about a particular field”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,501)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AUTONOMY · 4 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.
AUTONOMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 80 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AUTONOMY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AMNOOTUY - 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 22
Could you have found AUTONOMY?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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