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AUTOPHAGOUS
Definition of AUTOPHAGOUS
adjective
Self-eating; exhibiting autophagy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From auto- + -phagous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AUTOPHAGOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUTOPHAGOUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAGHOOPSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, U and O appear more than once.
Words that start AUTOPHA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found AUTOPHAGOUS?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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