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POLYSEMY
Definition of POLYSEMY
noun
The quality characteristic of a polyseme, a sign (such as a word or symbol) that has multiple meanings (senses), often including multiple similar ones.
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Where it comes from
From polyseme + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POLYSEMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POLYSEMY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ELMOPSYY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. Y appears more than once.
Words that start POLYSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POLYSEMY?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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