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MACHINERY
Definition of MACHINERY
noun
The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From machine + -ery. Compare French machinerie.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MACHINERY · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MACHINERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MACHINERY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEHIMNRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MACHIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found MACHINERY?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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