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AUTONYM
Definition of AUTONYM
noun
An infraspecific name in which the specific epithet is repeated.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From auto- (“self”) + -onym (“name”).
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.
AUTONYM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AUTONYM starts with A and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AMNOTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found AUTONYM?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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