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SEGMENT
Definition of SEGMENT
noun
A length of some object.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin segmentum (“a piece cut off, a strip, segment of the earth, a strip of tinsel”), from secāre (“to cut”).
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
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SEGMENT · 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.
SEGMENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 81 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SEGMENT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EEGMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SEGMEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found SEGMENT?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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