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DECAGON
Definition of DECAGON
noun
A polygon with ten sides and ten angles.
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Other senses
DECAGON carries 3 further meanings.
noun
In geometry, a plane figure having ten sides and ten angles. When all the sides and angles are equal, it is a regular decagon.
noun
A plane figure having ten sides and ten angles; any figure having ten angles. A regular decagon is one that has all its sides and angles equal.
noun
a polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles
Where it comes from
From deca- + -gon.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DECAGON · 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.
DECAGON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 59 boards so far. 125 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DECAGON starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACDEGNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DECAGO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found DECAGON?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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