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ANGLER

/ˈæŋ.ɡlə(ɹ)/6 letters

Definition of ANGLER

noun

A person who fishes with a hook and line.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English angler, angleer, angeler, equivalent to angle + -er.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
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.

ANGLER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 98
Its 14 boards, across 98 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
14
Boards found on
25
First board
98
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.

Built from these letters

ANGLER
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Same letters, different word

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

Words that start ANGLER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ANGLERSANGLERFISHANGLERFISHES

Could you have found ANGLER?

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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.

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