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MACHINATED
Definition of MACHINATED
verb
simple past and past participle of machinate
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Another sense
MACHINATED carries a second meaning.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of machinate.
Word DNA
MACHINATED inherits its ancestry from its root, MACHINATE.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,605)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MACHINATE · 2 relatives in the game
MACHINATED in a sentence
“So while the upper level machinations are being machinated, and assuming that Obama is indeed the shrewdest gambler since Kenny Rogers, then why not in the meantime give the majority of Americans who voted Obama into office on a swell of hope a show they can actually get behind?”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MACHINATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 72 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MACHINATED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACDEHIMNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MACHIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found MACHINATED?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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