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MACHINISTS

10 letters

Definition of MACHINISTS

noun

plural of machinist

MACHINIST

noun

A constructor of machines and engines; someone knowledgeable about machines.

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Word DNA

MACHINISTS inherits its ancestry from its root, MACHINIST.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. French
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.2%

of traced words share this origin (9,465)

Hellenic

branch · 12.2% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, MACHINIST · 1 relative in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MACHINISTS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 155
Its one board, across 155 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
140
First board
15
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.

First ever to find it

jobes

on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

MACHINISTS
10
Letters
3
Vowels
7
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MACHINISTS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACHIIMNSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and S appear more than once.

Words that start MACHIN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found MACHINISTS?

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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.

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