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SAGITTAL
Definition of SAGITTAL
adjective
Relating to or denoting the suture on top of the skull which runs between the parietal bones in a front to back direction. Of or in a plane parallel to the median plane, especially that dividing the body into left and right halves.
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Where it comes from
Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin sagittālis, from sagitta (“an arrow, shaft, bolt”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% 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.
SAGITTAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SAGITTAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAGILSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SAGITT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SAGITTAL?
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