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SEDGE
Definition of SEDGE
noun
Any plant of the family Cyperaceae. Any plant of the genus Carex, the true sedges; perennial herbs with triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grass-like leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English segge, from Old English seċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sak- (“marsh plant”). Cognate with Dutch zegge and German Segge, dialectal German Saher (“reeds”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,259)
How it is built
Same root, SEDGE · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SEDGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 59 boards so far. 171 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SEDGE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEEGS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SEDGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found SEDGE?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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