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EPAULET
Definition of EPAULET
noun
Alternative form of epaulette (“shoulder decoration on a uniform; tegula”).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
EPAULET carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A shoulder ornament, especially a fringed strap worn on military uniforms.
noun
A shoulder-piece; an ornamental badge worn on the shoulder; specifically, a strap proceeding from the collar, and terminating on the shoulder in a disk, from which depends a fringe of cord, usually in bullion, but sometimes in worsted or other material, according to the rank of the wearer, etc.
noun
The shoulder-piece in the armor of the fourteenth century, especially when small and fitting closely to the person, as compared with the large pauldron of later days.
noun
The shoulder-covering of splints forming part of the light and close-fitting armor of the sixteenth century.
Where it comes from
From French épaulette, from épaule (“shoulder”) + -ette (diminutive).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,085)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EPAULET · 2 relatives in the game
EPAULET in a sentence
“I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EPAULET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 86 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EPAULET starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEELPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of EPAULET. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start EPAULE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found EPAULET?
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