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HEPTAGONAL
Definition of HEPTAGONAL
adjective
Having seven angles and sides.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Since 16th century, from heptagon + -al.
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.
HEPTAGONAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 83 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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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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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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