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AGLET
Definition of AGLET
noun
Alternative form of aiglet.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
AGLET carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A tag or sheath, as of plastic, on the end of a lace, cord, or ribbon to facilitate its passing through eyelet holes.
noun
A similar device used for an ornament.
noun
A tag or metal sheathing of the end of a lace, or of the points (see point) or ribbons generally used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to fasten or tie dresses.
noun
In botany, a pendent anther; also, a loose pendent catkin, as of the birch.
Where it comes from
From Middle English aglet, aglett, agglot, from Old French aguillete. Doublet of aiglet and aiguillette.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
AGLET in a sentence
“And the little metal ring that reinforces the rim of the eyelet through which the aglet passes.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AGLET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 73 boards so far. 275 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
AGLET starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEGLT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found AGLET?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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