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SEMES
Definition of SEMES
noun
plural of seme
noun
Anything which serves for any purpose as a substitute for an object of which it is, in some sense, a representation, sign, or symbol.
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Word DNA
SEMES inherits its ancestry from its root, SEME.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,569)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SEME · 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.
SEMES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SEMES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEMSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and E appear more than once. It reads the same backwards - a palindrome, and there are not many in the dictionary this game plays from.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SEMES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SEMES?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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