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AGUE
Definition of AGUE
noun
An acute fever.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English agu, ague, borrowed from Middle French (fievre) aguë, “acute (fever)” (Modern French fièvre aiguë), from Late Latin (febris) acuta (“acute fever”), from Latin acūtus (“sharp, acute”) + febris (“fever”). Doublet of acute.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AGUE · 2 relatives 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.
AGUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 85 boards so far. 293 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AGUE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start AGUE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found AGUE?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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