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SAECULUM
Definition of SAECULUM
noun
A cyclical period of time, roughly equal to the time needed for the complete renewal of a human population: Any of a sequence of ages (periods of time) such that each age ends with the death of the last person remaining alive since its beginning, and the end of an age marks the beginning of the next.
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Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin saeculum. Doublet of secle.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,450)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
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.
SAECULUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
SAECULUM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ACELMSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start SAECUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found SAECULUM?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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