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COLLET
Definition of COLLET
noun
A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control thereafter; such a collet usually is made of a hard, springy material, especially a metal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French collet. Doublet of collar.
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.
COLLET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COLLET starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CELLOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COLLET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COLLET?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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