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HEPTAGONAL
Definition of HEPTAGONAL
adjective
Having seven angles and sides.
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Other senses
HEPTAGONAL carries 3 further meanings.
Having seven angles or sides.
adjective
Having seven angles or sides.
adjective
the numbers of the series 1, 7, 18, 34, 55, etc., being figurate numbers formed by adding successively the terms of the arithmetical series 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, etc.
Where it comes from
Since 16th century, from heptagon + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
HEPTAGONAL in a sentence
“The final part of the instillation is a great heptagonal glass case in a darkened room.”
"There's a shark-shaped fin, in the water of my dreams...", 2009
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HEPTAGONAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 55 boards so far. 147 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
HEPTAGONAL starts with H and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAEGHLNOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start HEPTAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
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