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SAGUM
Definition of SAGUM
noun
A cloak, worn in ancient times by the Gauls, early Germans, and Roman soldiers, made of a rectangular piece of (usually red) coarse cloth and fastened on the right shoulder.
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Where it comes from
From Latin sagum, perhaps of Gaulish origin.
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 (23,914)
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.
SAGUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 92, 20 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 94, 22 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SAGUM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AGMSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found SAGUM?
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 92 - and most players walked straight past it.
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