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HEPTAGONS
Definition of HEPTAGONS
noun
plural of heptagon
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Another sense
HEPTAGONS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of heptagon.
Word DNA
HEPTAGONS inherits its ancestry from its root, HEPTAGON.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,608)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HEPTAGON · 1 relative in the game
HEPTAGONS in a sentence
“Origami can fold heptagons and nonagons relatively easily, although it meets its match with the 11-agon.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HEPTAGONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 46 boards so far. 97 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEPTAGONS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGHNOPST - 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 11
Could you have found HEPTAGONS?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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