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AGLETS
Definition of AGLETS
noun
plural of aglet
AIGLET · via aglet
noun
A tip, originally of metal and often decorative, on a ribbon or cord that makes lacing two parts of a garment or garments together easier, as in corset lacings, "points" (lacing hose or trousers to jacket or doublet) or sleeves to a bodice.
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Another sense
AGLETS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of aglet.
Word DNA
AGLETS inherits its ancestry from its root, AGLET.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (854)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AGLET · 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.
AGLETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 87 boards so far. 299 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
AGLETS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGLST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found AGLETS?
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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