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ROBOTICS
Definition of ROBOTICS
noun
The science and technology of robots, their design, manufacture, and application
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Coined by American science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1941 from robot + -ics by comparison to "physics... hydraulics, celestial mechanics, and so on" in his short story Liar!.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ROBOTICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROBOTICS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCIOORST - 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 27
Could you have found ROBOTICS?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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