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OCTAGON
Definition of OCTAGON
noun
A polygon with eight sides and eight angles.
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Where it comes from
From Latin octagōnon, octōgōnon (“octagon”), and from its etymon Ancient Greek ὀκτάγωνον (oktágōnon, “octagon”), probably from Koine Greek ὀκτάγωνος (oktágōnos, “having eight corners”) + -ον (-on, suffix forming nouns). ὀκτάγωνος is derived from ὀκτᾰ- (oktă-, prefix meaning ‘eight’) (from ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw (“eight”)) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle; corner”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (“knee”)); analysable as octa- + -gon. The English word is cognate with Middle French octogone (modern French octogone), Italian octagono (obsolete), ottagono, Spanish octágono, octógono. Sense 2 (“arena for mixed martial arts”) refers to its shape.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OCTAGON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OCTAGON starts with O and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACGNOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start OCTAGO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found OCTAGON?
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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