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ANGLE
Definition of ANGLE
noun
A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English angle, angul, angule, borrowed from Middle French angle, from Latin angulus, anglus (“corner, remote area”). Cognate with Old High German ancha (“nape of the neck”), Middle High German anke (“joint of the foot, nape of neck”). Doublet of angulus and ankle.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ANGLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ANGLE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGLN - 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 ANGLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found ANGLE?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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