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DOUBLET
Definition of DOUBLET
noun
A pair of two similar or equal things; couple.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English doublet, a borrowing from Old French doublet, from double, duble, doble + -et. Equivalent to double + -et (diminutive suffix)
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (834)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DOUBLET · 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.
DOUBLET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 120 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOUBLET starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BDELOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DOUBLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found DOUBLET?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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