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SEMAPHORIC
Definition of SEMAPHORIC
adjective
using semaphore
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
SEMAPHORIC carries 3 further meanings.
Relating to a semaphore or to semaphores; telegraphic.
adjective
Of or pertaining to a semaphore, or semaphores; telegraphic.
adjective
involving waving the arms, as if using semaphore
Where it comes from
From semaphore + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
SEMAPHORIC in a sentence
“Requisite disclaimer: The following is not an endorsement of Sarah Palin's views, merely a cultural deconstruction of the semaphoric qualities of the title of her new book.”
Adam Hanft: Title Genius; Peeling Back the Language of America By Heart, 2010
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SEMAPHORIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 94 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SEMAPHORIC starts with S and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEHIMOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of SEMAPHORIC. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start SEMAPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found SEMAPHORIC?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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