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MECHANISTIC

/ˌmɛkəˈnɪstɪk/11 letters

Definition of MECHANISTIC

adjective

Having the impersonal and automatic characteristics of a machine.

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Where it comes from

From mechan(ism) + -istic.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective4 syllablescompound-istic

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Rarity score
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Tier
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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.

MECHANISTIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 174
Its one board, across 174 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
140
First board
34
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.

First ever to find it

paisleypn4tPATRON

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

Built from these letters

MECHANISTIC
11
Letters
4
Vowels
7
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start MECHANI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found MECHANISTIC?

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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