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HEPTAMEROUS
Definition of HEPTAMEROUS
adjective
Comprising seven parts or members, as with seven petals on a flower.
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Where it comes from
Formed in English as hepta- + -merous, as opposed to the apparent surface analysis of heptamer + -ous; compare the Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰμερής (heptămerḗs, “having seven parts”).
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.
HEPTAMEROUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 86, 14 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEPTAMEROUS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEHMOPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HEPTAME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEPTAMEROUS?
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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.
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