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HEPTAGON
Definition of HEPTAGON
noun
A polygon with seven sides and seven angles.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
HEPTAGON carries 4 further meanings.
noun
In geometry, a closed figure having seven angles successively united by lines.
noun
In fort, a place that has seven bastions for defense.
noun
A plane figure consisting of seven sides and having seven angles.
noun
a seven-sided polygon
Where it comes from
Since 16th century, from Ancient Greek ἑπτάγωνον (heptágōnon), from ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”). By surface analysis, hepta- + -gon.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,724)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HEPTAGON · 1 relative in the game
HEPTAGON in a sentence
“It is seven-sided, a heptagon, composed of an infinitely recursive single line.”
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro, 2008
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HEPTAGON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 55 boards so far. 128 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEPTAGON starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEGHNOPT - 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 HEPTAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found HEPTAGON?
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