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AUTOTROPH
Definition of AUTOTROPH
noun
Any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From auto- (from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”)) + -troph (from Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”)).
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.
AUTOTROPH 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 5 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
AUTOTROPH starts with A and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AHOOPRTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and O appear more than once.
Words that start AUTOTR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AUTOTROPH?
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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