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SIGNATURE
Definition of SIGNATURE
noun
A person's name, written by that person, used as identification or to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French signature, or from Medieval Latin signātūra, future active periphrastic of verb signāre from signum (“sign”), + -tūra, feminine of -tūrus, future active periphrastic suffix. Displaced native Old English handseten (literally “hand setting”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,487)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SIGNATURE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SIGNATURE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 88 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SIGNATURE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGINRSTU - 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 SIGNAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found SIGNATURE?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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