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MACHINES
Definition of MACHINES
noun
plural of machine
noun
A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
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Word DNA
MACHINES inherits its ancestry from its root, MACHINE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MACHINE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MACHINES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MACHINES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEHIMNS - 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 MACHINES?
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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