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SACHEM
Definition of SACHEM
noun
A chief of one or several Native American tribe(s), especially of the Algonquians; a sagamore.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Narragansett sachem; compare Mi'kmaq saqamaw (“chief”) and Unami sakima (“chief”), all ultimately from Proto-Algonquian *sa·kima·wa. Doublet of sagamore.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SACHEM · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SACHEM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 89, 17 August 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 89, 17 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SACHEM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ACEHMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SACHEM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SACHEM?
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 89 - and most players walked straight past it.
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