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SEGUE
Definition of SEGUE
verb
To move smoothly from one state or subject to another.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian segue (“it follows”), from seguire (“to follow”), from Latin sequor; originally a term used in a musical score to indicate that the next movement or passage is to follow without a break. Cognate with Spanish seguir. Doublet of sue. Related to suit and sequence.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SEGUE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SEGUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 71 boards so far. 532 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SEGUE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEGSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SEGUE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found SEGUE?
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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