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EGRET
Definition of EGRET
noun
Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman egret, aigrette (“egret”), from Old Occitan aigreta, diminutive of aigron (“heron”), from Medieval Latin hairo, from Frankish *haigro (“heron”). Cognate with Old High German heigaro (“heron”), Old English hrāgra (“heron”). Doublet of aigrette. More at heron.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
31st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (206)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EGRET · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names German, Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EGRET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 67 boards so far. 172 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EGRET starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EEGRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found EGRET?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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