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MECHANIC
Definition of MECHANIC
adjective
mechanical; relating to mechanics or the laws of motion in physics
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Where it comes from
From Middle English mekanyk (“mechanical”), from Old French mecanique, from Latin mechanicus (“of or belonging to machines or mechanics, inventive”), from Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós, “pertaining to machines or contrivance, mechanic, ingenious, inventive”), from μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “a machine, contrivance”); see machine.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,854)
branch · 12.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MECHANIC · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MECHANIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
MECHANIC starts with M and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACCEHIMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start MECHAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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