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ROBOTIC
Definition of ROBOTIC
adjective
Of, relating to, or resembling a robot; mechanical, lacking emotion or personality, etc.
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Where it comes from
From robot + -ic. Coined by American science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1941 in his short story Liar!.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ROBOT · 8 relatives 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.
ROBOTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ROBOTIC starts with R and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read BCIOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start ROBOTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found ROBOTIC?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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