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AIGRETS
Definition of AIGRETS
noun
plural of aigret
AIGRETTE · via aigret
noun
A feather or plume, or feather-shaped item, used as an adornment or ornament, typically in hats or hair.
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Word DNA
AIGRETS inherits its ancestry from its root, AIGRETTE.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,125)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AIGRETTE · 3 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.
AIGRETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 109, 6 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AIGRETS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGIRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
7 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start AIGRET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AIGRETS?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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