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SEMANTIC
Definition of SEMANTIC
adjective
Of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σημαντικός (sēmantikós). Compare French sémantique.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SEMANTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 81 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SEMANTIC starts with S and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEIMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 SEMANT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SEMANTIC?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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