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AIGLET

/ˈeɪ.ɡlɛt/6 letters

Definition of AIGLET

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.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Middle French aiguillette (“needle”), diminutive of aiguille.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

AIGLET in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 95
Its 15 boards, across 95 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
15
Boards found on
14
First board
94
Latest board
21
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

tevz

on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

AIGLET
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

AIGLET starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEGILT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start AIGLET

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found AIGLET?

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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.

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