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AILERONS
Definition of AILERONS
noun
plural of aileron
noun
The hinged part on the trailing edge of an airplane wing, used to control longitudinal turns.
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Word DNA
AILERONS inherits its ancestry from its root, AILERON.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,108)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AILERON · 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.
AILERONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 46 boards so far. 56 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AILERONS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEILNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found AILERONS?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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