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SEMIOTICS
Definition of SEMIOTICS
noun
The study of signs and symbols, especially as means of language or communication.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Coined by John Locke from Ancient Greek σημειωτικός (sēmeiōtikós, “fitted for marking, portending”), from σημειόω (sēmeióō, “to mark, interpret as a portend”), from σημεῖον (sēmeîon, “a mark, sign, token”), from σῆμα (sêma, “mark, sign”).
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.
SEMIOTICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SEMIOTICS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEIIMOSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and I appear more than once.
Words that start SEMIOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SEMIOTICS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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