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MACHINELIKE
Definition of MACHINELIKE
adjective
Resembling a machine; mechanical in form
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From machine + -like.
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.
MACHINELIKE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 14 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 56, 15 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 84 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MACHINELIKE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHIIKLMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once.
Words that start MACHINE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found MACHINELIKE?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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