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GLOSSEME
Definition of GLOSSEME
noun
The smallest irreducible unit of both the content and expression planes of language; the basic unit of language in the theory of glossematics.
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Where it comes from
From gloss- + -eme, coined by Louis Hjelmslev and Hans Jørgen Uldall in the 1930s.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GLOSSEME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLOSSEME starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEGLMOSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GLOSSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GLOSSEME?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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