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SEMAPHORING
Definition of SEMAPHORING
verb
present participle and gerund of semaphore
noun
Any equipment used for visual signalling by means of flags, lights, or mechanically moving arms, which are used to represent letters of the alphabet, or words.
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Word DNA
SEMAPHORING inherits its ancestry from its root, SEMAPHORE.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,695)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SEMAPHORE · 2 relatives 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.
SEMAPHORING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 69, 28 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SEMAPHORING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGHIMNOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SEMAPHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found SEMAPHORING?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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